Rasboroides nigromarginatus

Rasboroides nigromarginatus is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka where only known from small, shaded streams in the Atweltota region of the Kalu River basin.[1] It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Rasboroides nigromarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Rasboroides
Species:
R. nigromarginatus
Binomial name
Rasboroides nigromarginatus
Meinken, 1957

Long considered a synonym of R. vaterifloris, R. nigromarginatus was revalidated as a species in 2013.[1] A comprehensive taxonomic review in 2018 based on morphometry, meristics and mtDNA disputed this, returning it to being a synonym of R. vaterifloris.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rasboroides nigromaculatus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. ^ 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