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Species in the genus Boraras: [ 6 ] records


brigittae, Rasbora urophthalma Vogt [D.] 1978:155 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 31 (no. 5); ref. 9009] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: (several) ZSI (not received). •Valid as Rasbora brigittae Vogt 1978 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:45 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as Boraras brigittae (Vogt 1978) -- (Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993:170 [ref. 20833], Doi 1997:4 [ref. 22832], Liao et al. 2009:[49] [ref. 30521], Conway & Kottelat 2011:45 [ref. 31480], Kottelat 2013:82 [ref. 32989], Petsut et al. 2013:411 [ref. 33424]). Current status: Valid as Boraras brigittae (Vogt 1978). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Borneo, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

maculata, Rasbora Duncker [G.] 1904:182, Pl. 1 (fig. 6) [Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen (Zoologischen) Museum in Hamburg v. 21; ref. 5560] Bukit Terah, Bandar Maharani [= Muar], Johore, Malaysia. Lectotype: ZMH H383. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1913.5.24.15-17 [ex SSMKL] (3), ZMA 103216 (5), ZMH H382 (57); ZRC 2313 (6). Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:159 [ref. 19181], Alfred 1963:166 [ref. 20555], Alfred 1970:71 [ref. 23931], Nijssen et al. 1982:34 [ref. 19236], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:403 [ref. 21161] as syntypes. Lectotype selected by Ladiges et al. 1958:159 [ref. 19181]. •Valid as Rasbora maculata Duncker 1904 -- (Brittan 1954:194 [ref. 646], Alfred 1966:19 [ref. 42625], Kottelat et al. 1993:47 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as Boraras maculatus (Duncker 1904) -- (Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993:170 [ref. 20833], Doi 1997:4 [ref. 22832], Conway & Kottelat 2011:45 [ref. 31480], Kottelat 2013:82 [ref. 32989], Petsut et al. 2013:411 [ref. 33424], Ng et al. 2019:526 [ref. 36606], Ahmad et al. 2023:78 [ref. 41243], Fam et al. 2024:[2] 172 [ref. 40898]). Current status: Valid as Boraras maculatus (Duncker 1904). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia) and Singapore. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

merah, Rasbora Kottelat [M.] 1991:183, Fig. 4 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 13597] Sungei Jelai Bila basin, 2°41'S, 111°13'E, Nataik Sedawak, about 30 kilometers south of Sukamara, Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo. Holotype: ZSM 27975 [ex ZSM 26717]. Paratypes: LIPI [ex MZB 15183, 26971] (6); CMK 6651 (1), 7433 (2, c&s); ZSM 26717 (4), 26971 (13 now 7). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:256 [ref. 31652]. See discurrion in Kottelat 2013:82 [ref. 32989]. •Valid as Rasbora merah Kottelat 1991 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:47 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as Boraras merah (Kottelat 1991) -- (Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993:170 [ref. 20833], Doi 1997:4 [ref. 22832], Conway & Kottelat 2011:45 [ref. 31480], Kottelat 2013:82 [ref. 32989], Petsut et al. 2013:411 [ref. 33424]). Current status: Valid as Boraras merah (Kottelat 1991). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Borneo. Habitat: freshwater.

micros, Boraras Kottelat [M.] & Vidthayanon [C.] 1993:169, Figs. 7-8 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20833] Swamp 6 kilometers north of Udon Thani where road no. 2 crosses railway, Mekong basin, Udon Thani Province, 17°28"N, 102°48"E, Thailand. Holotype: ZRC 37718. Paratypes: CMK 5047 (4), 5902 (1, c&s); NIFI 2384 (9), 2421 (27, 4 c&s). •Valid as Rasbora micros (Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993) -- (Taki et al. 2021:95 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993 -- (Doi 1997:4 [ref. 22832], Kottelat 2001:40 [ref. 25780], Conway & Kottelat 2011:45 [ref. 31480], Kottelat 2013:82 [ref. 32989], Petsut et al. 2013:411 [ref. 33424], Kottelat 2015:40 [ref. 33971]). Current status: Valid as Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993. Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River basin, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.

naevus, Boraras Conway [K. W.] & Kottelat [M.] 2011:46, Fig. 1 [Zootaxa No. 3002; ref. 31480] Swamp, east of road north of Amphoe Tha Chana, 83 km before Surat Thani on road from Lang Suan, Surat Thani Province, Thailand. Holotype: ZRC 53120. Paratypes: BMNH 2011.8.3.1-20 (20), CMK 16459 (255), NRM 61765 (20), TCWC 15185.01 (4, c&s). •Valid as Boraras naevus Conway & Kottelat 2011 -- (Kottelat 2013:83 [ref. 32989], Petsut et al. 2013:411 [ref. 33424]). Current status: Valid as Boraras naevus Conway & Kottelat 2011. Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Swampy area north of Surat Thani and and lower Tapi drainage, Thailand. Habitat: freshwater.

urophthalmoides, Rasbora Kottelat [M.] 1991:188, Fig. 10 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 13597] Swamp near Sai Buri River, 43 kilometers northwest of Naratiwat on road 42, Ban La Han, Pattani Province, Thailand. Holotype: ZSM 27796 [now ZRC 38455] [ex CMK 5127]. Paratypes: MHNG 2099.84 (1), 2152.80 (2); MNHN 1983-0099 (3); CMK 4264 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:257 [ref. 31652]. Holotype now at ZRC. •Valid as Rasbora urophthalmoides Kottelat 1991 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:48 [ref. 23448], Taki et al. 2021:95 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat 1991) -- (Kottelat & Vidthayanon 1993:170 [ref. 20833], Rainboth 1996:80 [ref. 22772], Doi 1997:4 [ref. 22832], Conway & Kottelat 2011:45 [ref. 31480], Kottelat 2013:83 [ref. 32989], Petsut et al. 2013:411 [ref. 33424], Sholihah et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37317] as Bororas u.). Current status: Valid as Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat 1991). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mae Klong, Chao Phraya and Mekong River basins, Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.


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