Rasboras

[cer]

What other rasboras are there? I am only aware of harlequins, and scissortails.

[dancethenparty]

clown,Dwarf, Emerald Eye,red tailed,eye-spot.......that;s all i can think of.

[wolf_eyes]

There is also the emerald dwarf rasbora. They kinda remind me of celestial pearl danios only with stripes.

[korith]

I like small rasbora like

boraras maculatus aka dwarf (spotted rasbora)
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I have a bunch of boraras merah max length is about 2cm very nice and active. Going to be adding some pygmy cory to their tank soon. [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

there is another one boraras brigittae (chili rasbora) [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[Brookfish]

Prepare toi be amazed, I had no idea there were so many
Rasbora species, I could pretend to be very knowledgable
but this list is curtsy of Rasboras.com ...


= Rasbora species list =-
Rasbora agilis
Rasbora amplistriga
Rasbora aprotaenia
Rasbora argyrotaenia
Rasbora atridorsalis
Rasbora aurotaenia (Pale rasbora)
Rasbora baliensis
Rasbora bankanensis
Rasbora beauforti (Spotlight rasbora)
Rasbora borapetensis (Blackline rasbora, Red-tailed rasbora)
Rasbora borneensis
Rasbora brittani
Rasbora bunguranensis
Rasbora caudimaculata (Greater scissortail rasbora)
Rasbora caverii (Cauvery rasbora)
Rasbora cephalotaenia
Rasbora chrysotaenia (Goldstripe rasbora)
Rasbora daniconius (Slender rasbora)
Rasbora dorsinotata
Rasbora dorsiocellata (Eyespot rasbora)
Rasbora dusonensis (Rosefin rasbora)
Rasbora einthovenii (Brilliant rasbora)
Rasbora elegans (Elegant rasbora, Twospot rasbora)
Rasbora ennealepis
Rasbora gerlachi
Rasbora gracilis (Blackstripe rasbora)
Rasbora hobelmani (Kottelat rasbora)
Rasbora hosii
Rasbora hubbsi
Rasbora jacobsoni
Rasbora johannae
Rasbora kalbarensis (Kalbar rasbora)
Rasbora kalochroma (Clown rasbora)
Rasbora kottelati
Rasbora lateristriata (Yellow rasbora)
Rasbora laticlavia
Rasbora leptosoma (Copperstripe rasbora)
Rasbora meinkeni
Rasbora myersi
Rasbora notura
Rasbora ornatus
Rasbora pauciperforata (Redstripe rasbora)
Rasbora paucisqualis (Largescaled rasbora)
Rasbora paviana (Sidestripe rasbora)
Rasbora philippina (Mindanao rasbora)
Rasbora punctulatus
Rasbora rasbora (Gangetic scissortail rasbora)
Rasbora reticulata
Rasbora rubrodorsalis
Rasbora rutteni
Rasbora sarawakensis
Rasbora semilineata
Rasbora septentrionalis
Rasbora spilocerca (Dwarf scissortail rasbora)
Rasbora spilotaenia
Rasbora steineri (Chinese rasbora)
Rasbora subtilis
Rasbora sumatrana
Rasbora tawarensis
Rasbora taytayensis
Rasbora tobana
Rasbora tornieri (Yellowtail rasbora)
Rasbora trifasciata
Rasbora trilineata (Scissortail rasbora, Three-lined rasbora)
Rasbora tubbi
Rasbora tuberculata
Rasbora vaterifloris (Pearly rasbora)
Rasbora volzii
Rasbora vulcanus
Rasbora wilpita (Wilpita rasbora)

-= Microrasbora species list =-
Microrasbora erythromicron (Danio erythromicron, Emerald dwarf rasbora)
Microrasbora gatesi
Microrasbora kubotai
Microrasbora nana
Microrasbora rubescens

-= Boraras species list =-
Boraras brigittae
Boraras maculatus (Dwarf rasbora, Dwarf-spotted rasbora, Spotted rasbora, Pygmy rasbora)
Boraras merah
Boraras micros
Boraras urophthalmoides (Least rasbora, Exclamation-point rasbora)

-= Trigonostigma species list =-
Trigonostigma espei (Lambchop rasbora, Rasbora espei, False harlequin rasbora)
Trigonostigma hengeli (Glowlight rasbora, Hengel's rasbora)
Trigonostigma heteromorpha (Harlequin rasbora)
Trigonostigma somphongsi

-= Other species =-
Sundadanio axelrodi (Rasbora axelrodi, Axelrod's rasbora)
Celestichthys margaritatus (Celestial pearl danio, Galaxy rasbora, Microrasbora sp. galaxy)
Sawbwa resplendens (Asian rummynose, Naked microrasbora)

[cer]

Ok I looked up rasboras and 1 caught my eye. It is called the tiger rasbora. Any info? By the way Brookfish I can not beleave how many rasboras there are.

[Northernguy]

Just a few!lol
I like the red ones!:14:

[Jellygirl]

Phew!!

I was about to say that I have a very old book by Axlerod and in it there are 37 different rasboros - thank goodness someone else knew of a better site, saved me the job of listing the ones in my book lolthumbs2:

A picture of my rasboro Hengeli

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Jellygirl

[Brookfish]

Very nice Harlequin Jellygirl, great pic to. thumbs2:

[Lady Hobbs]

I have the red tail. Color of this one doesn't show the real color of them. Their body gets a lime green/yellowish and their tails are quite red.

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[Brookfish]

Great looking little fish Lady H.thumbs2:

[mac]

That is one thing that amazes me. That their are some many Rasboras species like Tetras. All of which are amazing to look at. Nice pics HObbs and Jellygirl.

mac

[cer]

Mac what types have you had?

[Dave66]

I have the red tail. Color of this one doesn't show the real color of them. Their body gets a lime green/yellowish and their tails are quite red.

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Rasbora boraptensis that. Lovely fish in large groups.

Dave

[cer]

Has anybody kept tiger rasboras?