Pararasbora

Pararasbora is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is Pararasbora moltrechti, Moltrecht's minnow.^[2] This species is endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered to be a species in the genus Aphyocypris. The Endemic Species Research Institute^[3] under the Council of Agriculture^[4] of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has listed this species as a "precious and rare species" among other endemic freshwater species.^[5]

Pararasbora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Pararasbora Regan, 1908[1]
Species:	P. moltrechti
Binomial name
Pararasbora moltrechti Regan, 1908[1]
Synonyms[2]
Aphyocypris moltrechti (Regan, 1908) Aphyocypris amnis T.-Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H.-D. Lin, 2011

It is named in honor of physician-entomologist Arnold Moltrecht (1873–1952), who collected the type specimen.^[6]

Pararasbora moltrechti is distributed in the middle portion of western Taiwan, where they can be found in the Tachia River and Tatu River.^[7] Their total body length is usually from 4 cm to 8 cm.^[7][8]