Rasboras Care Guides
Small, peaceful schoolers from South-East Asia, perfect for nature aquascapes.

Harlequin Rasbora
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
A hardy copper-coloured schooler and a staple of the nature aquarium.
Lambchop Rasbora
Trigonostigma espei
A slimmer, deeper-orange cousin of the harlequin with a lambchop mark.
Chili Rasbora
Boraras brigittae
A tiny, flame-red nano fish ideal for planted shrimp tanks.
Scissortail Rasbora
Rasbora trilineata
An active silver rasbora with a distinctive scissor-flicking forked tail.
Brilliant Rasbora
Rasbora einthovenii
A sleek silver rasbora marked by a bold black lengthwise stripe.
Emerald Eye Rasbora
Brevibora dorsiocellata
A small silver rasbora whose eyes glow brilliant emerald-green.
Dwarf Rasbora
Boraras maculatus
A micro rasbora with a glowing orange body and inky spots.
Phoenix Rasbora
Boraras merah
A tiny, fiery nano rasbora for mature, gently-filtered planted tanks.
Axelrod Rasbora
Sundadanio axelrodi
A jewel-like blue-and-red micro fish for soft, acidic blackwater setups.
Glowlight Rasbora
Trigonostigma hengeli
A delicate harlequin relative lit by a neon copper-orange line.
Green Neon Rasbora
Microdevario kubotai
A tiny, glowing apple-green nano fish that shoals beautifully in planted tanks.
Emerald Dwarf Rasbora
Celestichthys erythromicron
A delicate, zebra-barred nano fish with a glittering emerald sheen.
Clown Rasbora
Rasbora kalochroma
A large orange-red rasbora with bold dark spots for soft-water tanks.
Porthole Rasbora
Rasbora cephalotaenia
A sleek silver rasbora with a fine lateral line, for larger community tanks.
Exclamation Point Rasbora
Boraras urophthalmoides
A micro rasbora marked with a line and dot like an exclamation point.
Fire Rasbora
Rasboroides vaterifloris
A delicate orange-finned rasbora from Sri Lanka for mature planted tanks.
Blackline Rasbora
Rasbora borapetensis
A hardy silver rasbora with a black line and a red tail base.