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]

Rasboroides rohani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Rasboroides
Species:
R. rohani
Binomial name
Rasboroides rohani
Batuwita, M. de Silva & Edirisinghe, 2013[1]

References

  1. 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.) (2013). "Rasboroides rohani" in 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


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