Rasboroides pallidus
| Rasboroides pallidus | |
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| Individual from Ambagamuwa, Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rasborinae |
| Genus: | Rasboroides |
| Species: | R. pallidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rasboroides pallidus (Deraniyagala, 1930)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rasboroides pallidus is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.[1][3][4][5] 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.[5] It has been introduced to the Mahaweli and Walawe River basins, and is overall less threatened than the related R. vaterifloris.[6]
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;[6] this synonymy is followed by the Catalog of Fishes[7] but not the FishBase.[8]
It can grow to 3.6 cm (1.4 in) standard length.[4]
References
- ^ a b 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.). "Species in the genus Rasboroides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ 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.