| Rainbow shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Epalzeorhynchos |
| Species: | E. frenatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Epalzeorhynchos frenatum (Fowler, 1934)
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The rainbow shark (Epalzeorhynchos frenatum) is a species of Southeast Asian freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae.[2] It is also known as the ruby shark, red-fin shark, red-finned shark, rainbow sharkminnow, green fringelip labeo, whitefin shark and whitetail sharkminnow.[3][4] It is a popular, semi-aggressive aquarium fish. Unlike true sharks, which belong to the Chondrichthyes ("cartilagenous fishes") lineage, the rainbow shark is an actinopterygiian ("ray-finned fish").
- ^ Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Epalzeorhynchos frenatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181093A1697683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181093A1697683.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Epalzeorhynchos frenatum". FishBase.
- ^ Red-fin Shark, Rainbow Shark, Ruby Shark (Epalzeorhynchus frenatus), Mongabay.com, 2006, retrieved on August 17, 2007
- ^ Rainbow Shark (Epalzeorhynchos frenatum), AquariumLife.net (undated), retrieved on August 17, 2007