Slender Rasbora (Rasbora daniconius): facts, sounds & photos

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Slender Rasbora (Rasbora daniconius) lives in freshwater rivers across South and Southeast Asia. It feeds on not specified. Its conservation status is Least Concern.

Fascinating facts about the Slender Rasbora

A fish that spans rivers from Sri Lanka to the Mekong, the slender rasbora inhabits waters across South and Southeast Asia.
Its body is oblong and compressed, with the greatest width of the head equal to its post-orbital length.
The species is found from the Indus basin in the west to the northern Malay Peninsula in the east.

At a glance

RangeSouth and Southeast Asia

Habitatfreshwater rivers

Dietnot specified

About the Slender Rasbora

The slender rasbora, also known as the black-line rasbora (Rasbora daniconius) and called darka at Rangpur, is a ray-finned fish with an oblong, compressed body; the greatest width of its head equals its post-orbital length, and it reaches up to 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. It is found in rivers of South and Southeast Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and the Indus basin to the northern Malay Peninsula and the Mekong.

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