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Scientific Name	**Boraras naevus** Conway & Kottelat, 2011
Common Name	Red Micros Rasbora
Type Locality	Swamp, east of road north of Amphoe Tha Chana, 83 km before Surat Thani on road from Lang Suan, Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
Pronunciation	bora-rass
Etymology	From the Latin naevus, a spot, a mark on skin, a blemish, in allusion to the large sexually dichro- matic blotch on the side of the body.
Species Information
Size	13mm or 0.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	From the original description: We have examined material from the type locality, in a swampy area north of Surat Thani. The species is reported to have a wider distribution in the lower Tapi drainage, on the Gulf of Thailand slope of peninsular Thailand. It is suspected that most of its natural habitats (swamps) has been transformed into paddy fields. Additional populations, or another, similar species is known from the Andaman Sea slope of the Malay Peninsula near Trang. Thailand Waters, Tapi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2013.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa No. 3002, pp 46, Fig. 1.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:59 (species record created: 2012 May 07 15:38)