Rasbora fish are considered the perfect aquarium schooling fish. These colorful and beautiful fish are best kept in groups so consider ordering six or more of them when starting out. Rasbora are a member of a group of smaller minnow-type fish and is considered the largest group found in both Africa and Southeast Asia. The genus Rasbora is comprised of some eighty three speices, see the Rasboras species list below. Check out this great article on these fish called Are Rasboras the perfect community fish? The most popular species being sold are Harlequin Rasbora, Golden Harlequin Rasbora, Black Harlequin Rasbora, Emerald Eye Rasbora, Axelrod Rasbora, Vatefloris Rasbora and Scissortail Rasbora.

 

 

Rasbora amplistriga Kottelat, 2000

Rasbora api Lumbantobing, 2010

Rasbora aprotaenia C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954

Rasbora argyrotaenia (Bleeker, 1850) (silver rasbora)

Rasbora armitagei Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010

Rasbora arundinata Lumbantobing, 2014[5]

Rasbora atranus Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011[6]

Rasbora atridorsalis Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1987

Rasbora aurotaenia Tirant, 1885 (pale rasbora)

Rasbora baliensis C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954

Rasbora bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853)

Rasbora beauforti Hardenberg, 1937 (spotlight rasbora)

Rasbora bindumatoga Lumbantobing, 2014[5]

Rasbora borapetensis H. M. Smith, 1934 (blackline rasbora)

Rasbora borneensis Bleeker, 1860

Rasbora bunguranensis Brittan, 1951

Rasbora caudimaculata Volz, 1903 (greater scissortail)

Rasbora caverii (Jerdon, 1849) (Cauvery rasbora)

Rasbora cephalotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)

Rasbora chrysotaenia C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 (goldstripe rasbora)

Rasbora cryptica Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012[4]

Rasbora daniconius (F. Hamilton, 1822) (slender rasbora)

Rasbora dies Kottelat, 2008

Rasbora dorsinotata Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1987

Rasbora dusonensis (Bleeker, 1851) (rosefin rasbora)

Rasbora einthovenii (Bleeker, 1851) (brilliant rasbora)

Rasbora elegans Volz, 1903 (twospot rasbora)

Rasbora ennealepis T. R. Roberts, 1989

Rasbora everetti Boulenger, 1895

Rasbora gerlachi C. G. E. Ahl, 1928

Rasbora haru Lumbantobing, 2014[5]

Rasbora hobelmani Kottelat, 1984 (Kottelat rasbora)

Rasbora hosii Boulenger, 1895

Rasbora hubbsi Brittan, 1954

Rasbora jacobsoni M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

Rasbora johannae Siebert & Guiry, 1996

Rasbora kalbarensis Kottelat, 1991 (Kalbar rasbora)

Rasbora kalochroma (Bleeker, 1851) (clown rasbora)

Rasbora kluetensis Lumbantobing, 2010

Rasbora kobonensis B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913

Rasbora kottelati K. K. P. Lim, 1995

Rasbora labiosa Mukerji, 1935

Rasbora lacrimula Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009

Rasbora lateristriata (Bleeker, 1854) (yellow rasbora)

Rasbora laticlavia Siebert & P. J. Richardson, 1997

Rasbora leptosoma (Bleeker, 1855) (copperstripe rasbora)

Rasbora maninjau Lumbantobing, 2014[5]

Rasbora meinkeni de Beaufort, 1931

Rasbora naggsi Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010

Rasbora nematotaenia C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954

Rasbora nodulosa Lumbantobing, 2010

Rasbora notura Kottelat, 2005

Rasbora ornata Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005

Rasbora patrickyapi H. H. Tan, 2009

Rasbora paucisqualis C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (largescaled rasbora)

Rasbora paviana Tirant, 1885 (sidestripe rasbora)

Rasbora philippina Günther, 1880 (Mindanao rasbora)

Rasbora rasbora (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic scissortail rasbora)

Rasbora reticulata M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915

Rasbora rheophila Kottelat, 2012[3]

Rasbora rubrodorsalis Donoso-Büchner & J. Schmidt, 1997

Rasbora rutteni M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

Rasbora sarawakensis Brittan, 1951

Rasbora semilineata M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

Rasbora septentrionalis Kottelat, 2000

Rasbora spilotaenia C. L. Hubbs & Brittan, 1954

Rasbora steineri Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927 (Chinese rasbora)

Rasbora subtilis T. R. Roberts, 1989

Rasbora sumatrana (Bleeker, 1852)

Rasbora tawarensis M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

Rasbora taytayensis Herre, 1924

Rasbora tobana C. G. E. Ahl, 1934

Rasbora tornieri C. G. E. Ahl, 1922 (yellowtail rasbora)

Rasbora trifasciata Popta, 1905

Rasbora trilineata Steindachner, 1870 (three-lined rasbora)

Rasbora truncata Lumbantobing, 2010

Rasbora tubbi Brittan, 1954

Rasbora tuberculata Kottelat, 1995

Rasbora vietnamensis Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013

Rasbora volzii Popta, 1905

Rasbora vulcanus H. H. Tan, 1999

Rasbora vulgaris Duncker, 1904

Rasbora wilpita Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Wilpita rasbora)