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Rasbora armitagei Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010 Armitagei's striped rasbora |
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photo by
Ramani Shirantha |
| Family: | Danionidae (Danios), subfamily: Rasborinae | |||
| Max. size: | 6.21 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Sri Lanka. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 35-35. Rasbora armitagei differs from all congeners from India and Sri Lanka, except R. wilpita by having a prominent symphysial knob on the lower jaw and conspicuous maxillary lateral processes. It can be differentiated from R. wilpita by having the head depth 48-53 (vs. 54-62) % HL and body depth 23.2-24.4 (24.7-29.3) % SL (Ref. 84057). | |||
| Biology: | Restricted to shaded streams in the inland rain forests in southwest Sri Lanka (Ref. 123756). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 07 August 2019 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||