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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List, least concern.
a narrow dark stripe above the anal fi n; fi ns tinged
with yellow, caudal fi n lobes often tipped grey.
Threats
Harvested for its ornamental value and for its
food value, using destructive fi shing methods.
The area is also affected by habitat degradation
due to deforestation.
Maximum Length
15.0 cm, commonly 8.0 cm.
Distribution
Uttarakhand
Garhwal Division: Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri
and Tehri districts; Kumaon Division: Almora,
Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts.
Corbett Tiger Reserve and Rajaji National Park.
Remarks
Of no fi shery interest.
Genus:
Rasbora
Bleeker, 1859
25.
Rasbora daniconius
(Hamilton, 1822)
Cyprinus
(
Danio
)
daniconius
Hamilton, 1822.
Fish. Ganges
: 327-328, 391, pl. 15, fi g. 89
(type locality: rivers of southern Bengal).
Parluciosoma daniconius
Husain,
2003
.
Faun.
Asan Wetland, Wetland Ecosystem Series 5
:
23-26 (Asan reservoir, seepage nala, Asan
River above Kunja Grant and below its
barrage).
India
Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab,
Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
Elsewhere
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
English Names
Black-Line Rasbora, Common Rasbora, Slender
Barb, Slender Rasbora, Striped Rasbora.
Habitat and Ecology
It is a benthopelagic and potamodromous spe-
cies. Found in a variety of habitats, ditches,
ponds, canals, sandy streams and rivers and inun-
dated fi elds. Sometimes forms large schools.
A surface feeder, feeding mainly on aquatic
insects and detritus. Its spawning sites are found
in rivers and ponds; mature adults probably breed
during the rainy season.
Local Name
Bhuri.
Localities Surveyed
Asan River above Kunja Grant, below its barrage
at Dhalipur, Herbertpur, villages Partitpur and
Bairagiwala near Herbertpur, Sabhawala and vil-
lage Bhurpur near Jhajra; seepage nala below
barrage; small stream near Asan Barrage,
Dhalipur; Asan reservoir.
Small stream between Sahaspur and
Herbertpur; Swarna rao, Bhauwala; ponds at vil-
lage Jassowala near Sahaspur and Selakui.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List, least concern.
Threats
Threats to this species and its habitat are not evi-
dent at present, although it is collected for the
aquarium trade and for poultry food but the scale
does not appear to be causing a decline in the
population.
Diagnostic Characters
D. 2/7, P. 1/11-13, V. 2/8, A. 3/5-7, C. 19, L.l.
27-34.
Lateral line nearly complete, with only the last
few scales lacking pores. Body silvery on sides
with a distinct blue-black mid-lateral stripe from
the eye to the base of caudal fi n, edged with gold;
Remarks
Of no fi shery interest; kept in aquaria being hardy
and adaptable fi sh. It may prove very useful for
destroying mosquito larvae.
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