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Rasboroides vaterifloris (Deraniyagala, 1930)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rasboroides vaterifloris (Deraniyagala, 1930)
Name authority
(Deraniyagala, 1930)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Rasboroides
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyDanioninae Bleeker, 1863
  13. genusRasboroides Brittan, 1954
  14. speciesRasboroides vaterifloris (Deraniyagala, 1930)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rasboroides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rasboroides nigromarginatus (Meinken, 1957)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rasboroides pallidus (Deraniyagala, 1958)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rasboroides rohani Batuwita, de Silva & Edirisinghe, 2013CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Rasbora vaterifloris Deraniyagala, 1930 Deraniyagala, 1930synonym
Rasbora vaterifloris ruber Deraniyagala, 1958 Deraniyagala, 1958synonym
Rasbora vaterifloris rubioculis Deraniyagala, 1958 Deraniyagala, 1958synonym
Rasbora vaterifloris typica Deraniyagala, 1958 Deraniyagala, 1958synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026948 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4RLJN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.