Slender Rasbora

Rasbora daniconius

The black-line rasbora or slender rasbora, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus cyprinid family. It is found in rivers of South and Southeast Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and the Indus basin to northern the Malay Peninsula and the Mekong.
Rasbora daniconius, India This was NOT taken in an aquarium, but using an underwater snapshot camera that I had to stick in a stream and snap a few pictures "blind". It was in a great eco lodge near Goa called Nature's Nest. Freshwater Fish,Geotagged,Goa,India,Rasbora daniconius,slender rasbora

Appearance

The body is oblong and compressed. The greatest width of the head equals its post-orbital length. It reaches 15 cm in length.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyDanionidae
GenusRasbora
SpeciesR. daniconius
Photographed in
India