Rasboroides pallidus
| Rasboroides pallidus | |
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| Individual from Ambagamuwa, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Rasboroides |
| Species: | R. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rasboroides pallidus (Deraniyagala, 1930) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rasboroides pallidus is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4] It is only known from shallow, slow-flowing streams in the basins of the Kalu River, Bentara River, Gin River, Polathu-Modera River and Nilwala River.[4] It has been introduced to the Mahaweli and Walawe River basins, and is overall less threatened than the related R. vaterifloris.[5]
A comprehensive taxonomic review in 2018 based on morphometry, meristics and mtDNA disputed the validity of R. rohani, showing that it is a junior synonym of R. pallidus;[5] this synonymy is followed by the Catalog of Fishes[6] but not the FishBase.[7]
It can grow to 3.6 cm (1.4 in) standard length.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Palmer-Newton, A.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Rasboroides pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T117513347A174844070. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rasboroides pallidus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasboroides pallidus". FishBase. February 2021 version.
- ^ a b Batuwita, S.; de Silva, M.; Edirisinghe, U. (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. 4 (2): 121–140.
- ^ a b Sudasinghe, Hiranya; Herath, Jayampathi; Pethiyagoda, Rohan; Meegaskumbura, Madhava (2018). "Undocumented translocations spawn taxonomic inflation in Sri Lankan fire rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)". PeerJ. 6: e6084. doi:10.7717/peerj.6084. PMC 6304270.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rasboroides rohani". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasboroides rohani". FishBase. February 2021 version.