Rasboroides pallidus
Rasboroides pallidus, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.[1][2] 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.[2] It has been introduced to the Mahaweli and Walawe River basins, and is overall less threatened than the related R. vaterifloris.[3]
| Rasboroides pallidus | |
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| Individual from Ambagamuwa, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Rasboroides |
| Species: | R. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rasboroides pallidus Deraniyagala, 1930 | |
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.[3]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Rasboroides pallidus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- 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.
- 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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