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Scissortail

Rasbora trilineata Steindachner, 1870

Status not recordedbony fish

The scissortail (Rasbora trilineata) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the scissortail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the scissortail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the scissortail as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Colombia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the scissortail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the scissortail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusRasbora
  7. SpeciesRasbora trilineata Steindachner, 1870

Synonyms Rasbora stigmatura

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Scissor-tailed rasboraEnglish
  • Scissortail rasboraEnglish
  • Spot-tail rasboraEnglish
  • razbora průsvitnáCzech
  • SakshalerasboraDanish
  • Rasbora-cauda-de-tesouraPortuguese
  • Трёхлинейная расбораRussian
  • ปลาซิวหางกรรไกรThai
  • Cá Lòng Tong SọcVietnamese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the scissortail

Other species in the same genus Rasbora.

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Common questions

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Is the scissortail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the scissortail as introduced in 1 country: Colombia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the scissortail?

The scissortail (Rasbora trilineata) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Scissortail (Rasbora trilineata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/scissortail

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BibTeX
@misc{scissortail_2026,
  title = {Scissortail (Rasbora trilineata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/scissortail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}