Biology:Laubuka tenella
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Short description: Species of fish
| Laubuka tenella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Laubuka |
| Species: | L. tenella
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| Binomial name | |
| Laubuka tenella S. O. Kullander, Rahman, Norén, & Mollah, 2018
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Laubuka tenella is a species of small fish of the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae, and the Danioninae subfamily. 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.[1]
Description
Body length is 42.1 mm SL. Body elongate and strongly compressed laterally. Eyes large. Barbels and tubercles absent. Scales cycloid, thin and transparent. Lab specimen are pale yellowish white with diffuse grey or black markings. Brown stripe found on dorsal midline. Thin black or brown stripe runs along middle of caudal peduncle. Fins hyaline.
References
- ↑ Kullander, Sven; Rahman, Md Mizanur; Norén, Michael; Mollah, Abdur Rob (2018-12-03). "Laubuka tenella, a new species of cyprinid fish from southeastern Bangladesh and southwestern Myanmar (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae)" (in en). ZooKeys (742): 105–126. doi:10.3897/zookeys.742.22510. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 29670433. PMC 5904547. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22510/.
Wikidata ☰ Q51823407 entry
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