Rasbora api
Rasbora api Lumbantobing, 2010
Also calledRasbora-concolor (por)
First described in: Lumbantobing, D. N. (2010). Four New Species of the Rasbora trifasciata-Group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Sumatra, Indonesia. <em>Copeia.</em> 2010(4): 644-670.
Rasbora api is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Rasbora. It inhabits the Kluet, Alas, Aek Batugarigis, Aek Sibundung, Batang Lumut, and Batang Toru rivers in Sumatra.
Discovered by Daniel Natanael Lumbantobing, an Indonesian doctoral student in the Department of Biological Sciences of The George Washington University, United States.
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Description
its distinguishing feature from other members of its group, Rasbora trifasciata is by the black lateral line running across its flank and the stout and tall cephalic tubercles of males, meanwhile Rasbora nodulosa cephalic tubercles are smaller.
== References ==
In human culture
The name 'api' meaning fire in Indonesian, was chosen due to the fire orange color of the fishes caudal and dorsal fin. A pigmentation pattern appearing like fire when the fish is alive.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5962556.