Scissor-tail rasbora

Taxobox
name = Scissortail rasbora

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Rasbora trilineata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Rasbora"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Rasbora caudimaculata" - Red Scissortail
* "Rasbora spilocerca" - Dwarf Scissortail
* "Rasbora trilineata" - Scissortail Rasbora

The scissortail rasbora is a descriptive term for a number of species freshwater aquarium fish that belongs to the rasbora family. They move their fins like scissors when they swim, hence the name. They are easy to manage, and require a tank 20 gallons or more in size. They tend to nip the tails of other fish and are about 3 in. long.