Eyespot rasbora

Eyespot rasbora
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Rasborinae
Genus: Brevibora
Species:
B. dorsiocellata
Binomial name
Brevibora dorsiocellata
(Duncker, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Rasbora dorsiocellata Duncker, 1904
  • Rasbora macrophthalma Meinken, 1951

The eyespot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata) is a small fish belonging to the family Danionidae, subfamily Rasborinae, which is known by the common names of ocellated rasbora, hi-spot rasbora, and eye-spot rasbora, an allusion to the marking situated upon the dorsal fin. This small fish is a popular aquarium fish, having been one of the species featured in the landmark textbook Exotic Aquarium Fishes by Dr William T. Innes (page 180.1 - see References below). Its appearance in this work only occurs in later editions of the book, however, therefore the species is not subject to the same degree of aquarium domestication as the more familiar harlequin rasbora.