Kottelatia brittani

Kottelatia brittani

Kottelatia brittani ( Syn: Rasbora brittani ) is a small freshwater fish that is found on the Malay Peninsula.

Features

Kottelatia brittani has reached an elongated, laterally flattened body of a maximum length of 5 cm. The head is pointed, the lower jaw without Symphysenknopf. The body is brass colored, the back darker, the belly silvery. On the front body shows a thin, silvery line, lies on the caudal peduncle, a black spot above and below which a red spot. With the exception of the orange at the base of the first two to three fin rays of the dorsal fin all fins are colorless and transparent. The iris is silvery, golden their top. The lateral line is incomplete.

  • Fins formula: Dorsal 2/7, Anal 3/5, pectoral 1/12, Anterior 2/8.
  • Dandruff formula: MLR 30-33; QR 11; SL 8-10.

System

The species was assigned by Herbert R. Axelrod in the first description of the collective genus Rasbora. In the year 2009 a Liao, Kullander & fishing for the species in the genus Kottelatia. The name was given in honor of the Swiss ichthyologists Maurice Kottelat. According to Tang et al. (2010 ) is on the way, however, as sister species of Schönflossenbärblings ( Rasbora kalochroma ) deep within Rasbora sensu lato.

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