Rasbora tawarensis

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ;

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rasbora

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 122 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

R. steineri · R. aephalotaenia · R. agilis · R. allos · R. amplistriga · R. aprotaenia · R. argyrotaenia (Silver Rasbora) · R. atridorsalis · R. aurotaenia (Pale Rasbora) · R. baliensis · R. bankanensis · R. beauforti (Spotlight Rasbora) · R. borapetensis (Red-Tailed Rasbora) · R. borneensis · R. brittani · R. buchanani · R. bunguranensis · R. calliura · R. callochroma · R. caudimaculata (Greater Scissortail) · R. caverii (Cauveri Rasbora) · R. cephalotaenia · R. cephalotaenia steineri · R. cheroni · R. chrysotaenia (Goldstripe Rasbora) · R. cromiei · R. daniconia · R. daniconius (Blackline Rasbora) · R. daniconius daniconius (Blackline Rasbora) · R. daniconius labiosa · R. dorsinotata · R. dorsiocellata (Emerald Eye Rasnbora) · R. dorsiocellata dorsiocellata (Emerald Eye Rasnbora) · R. dorsiocellata macrophthalma · R. dorsiocellatus · R. dusonensis (Yellow Tail Rasbora) · R. einthoveni · R. einthovenii (Blue Line Rasbora) · R. elanga · R. elberti · R. elegans (Two-Spot Monocle Bream) · R. elegans bunguranensis · R. elegans elegans (Two-Spot Rasbora) · R. elegans spilotaenia · R. ennealepis · R. everetti · R. gerlachi · R. gracilis (Blackstripe Rasbora) · R. heteramorpha · Trigonostigma espei (Harlequin Rasbora) · R. heteromorpha espei · R. hobelmani (Kottelat Rasbora) · R. hubbsi · R. jacobsoni · R. janiconius · R. johannae · R. kalbarensis (Kalbar Rasbora) · R. kallochroma · R. kalochroma (Iridescent Rasbora) · R. kottelati · R. lateristriata (Sidestrap Rasbora) · R. lateristriata allos · R. lateristriata lateristriata (Sidestrap Rasbora) · R. laticlavia · R. layangi · R. leptosoma (Copper-Striped Rasbora) · R. macrocephalus · R. maculata · R. maculatus · R. meinkeni · R. myersi (Myer's Silver Rasbora) · R. neilgherriensis · R. notura · R. pallopinna · R. palustris · R. pauciperforata (Red-Latticed Parrotfish) · R. paucisqualis (Largescaled Rasbora) · R. paviana (Sidestripe Rasbora) · R. sumatrana (Sidestripe Rasbora) · R. pentazona · R. philippina (Philippine Rasbora) · R. punctulatus · R. rasbora (Gangetic Scissortail Rasbora) · R. reticulata · R. retrodorsalis · R. rubrodorsalis · R. rutteni · R. sarawakensis (Sarawak Rasbora) · R. semilineata · R. septentrionalis · R. spilocerca (Dwarf Scissortail Rasbora) · R. spilotaenia · R. steineri (Gold Line Rasbora) · R. stigmatura · R. subtilis · R. sumatrana · R. gracilis · R. tawarensis · R. taytayensis · R. tobana

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 195.
• Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo (1993). Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Rasbora tawarensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2500794
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-52208
• Fishbase Species ID: 22639
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 689932
• IUCN ID: 19316
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10486

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