Laubuka tenella Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Laubuka tenella is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. It was described in 2018 from specimens collected in the small streams of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf in Bangladesh and Thandwe river drainage in Western Myanmar.
Wikipedia contributors, Laubuka tenella; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:00:10.626342+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Laubuka tenella Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018
- Name authority
- Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Laubuka
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyDanioninae Bleeker, 1863
- genusLaubuka Bleeker, 1859
- speciesLaubuka tenella Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Laubuka. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Laubuka laubuca (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka siamensis Fowler, 1939 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka latens Knight, 2015 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka hema Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka myitthaensis Htay & Chen, 2025 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka brahmaputraensis Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka caeruleostigmata Smith, 1931 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka fasciata (Silas, 1958) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka insularis Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka lankensis (Deraniyagala, 1960) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka ruhuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka varuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Kullander, S., Rahman, M. M., Norén, M., & Mollah, A. R. (2018). Laubuka tenella, a new species of cyprinid fish from southeastern Bangladesh and southwestern Myanmar (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). ZooKeys, 742: 105–126. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.742.22510 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:D5DLG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.