Brevibora

This species is very rare in the trade and is normally imported only as bycatch among shipments of other fishes. It can be told apart from its well-known congener B. dorsiocellata by a combination of characters as follows: lateral line complete (25-30 pored scales vs. 4-9); more scales in the lateral row (29-32 vs. 25-27); larger adult siz...

B. dorsiocellata is sometimes traded as 'green-eyed', 'emerald-eyed' or 'hi-spot' rasbora. There appear to exist several geographical forms of the species at least two of which have been seen in the trade. The most common is the rather plain-coloured fish that is produced commercially in large numbers and has gained popularity due to the bright green/blue reflective patch in the lower part of the eye.