Rasboroides rohani
| Rasboroides rohani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Rasboroides |
| Species: | R. rohani
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| Binomial name | |
| Rasboroides rohani | |
Rasboroides rohani, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka[2] where only known from shallow, slow-flowing, shady streams near Suriyakanda in the Walawe River basin.[1] It was scientifically described in 2013,[1] but a comprehensive review in 2018 based on morphometry, meristics and mtDNA disputed its validity, showing that it is a junior synonym of R. pallidus.[3] The occurrence of R. pallidus in the Walawe River basin is not natural, but the result of translocations.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Batuwita, Sudesh; de Silva, M.; Edirisinghe, U. (November 2013). "A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 24 (2): 121–140.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Rasboroides rohani" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ^ a b Sudasinghe, H., J. Herath, R. Pethiyagoda and M. Meegaskumbura. (2018). Undocumented Translocations Spawn Taxonomic Inflation in Sri Lankan Fire Rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). PeerJ. 6:e6084. doi:10.7717/peerj.6084