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  • Freshwater fish of Sumatra
  • Taxa named by Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort
  • Fish described in 1931
  • Cyprinid fish of Asia
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    Rasbora meinkeni

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    Rasbora meinkeni
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopterygii
    Order: Cypriniformes
    Family: Cyprinidae
    Subfamily: Danioninae
    Genus: Rasbora
    Species:
    R. meinkeni
    Binomial name
    Rasbora meinkeni
    de Beaufort, 1931[1]

    Rasbora meinkeni is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora from Sumatra.

    Etymology[edit]

    The fish is named in honor of aquarist/ichthyologist Herrmann Meinken (1896-1976), who gave de Beaufort a this species in the form of a breeding pair on which description is based. [2]


    References[edit]

    1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Rasbora meinkeni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
    2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 April 2022.


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