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Devario
''Devario'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to the rivers and streams of South and Southeast Asia. These fishes have short barbels and many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small, aquatic insects, crustaceans and worms, as well as, in the case of fry, plankton. Species Currently, 43 species in this genus are recognized: * '' Devario acrostomus'' ( F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999) * '' Devario acuticephala'' ( Hora, 1921) * '' Devario aequipinnatus'' (McClelland, 1839) (Giant danio) * ''Devario affinis'' ( Blyth, 1860) * '' Devario annandalei'' ( Chaudhuri, 1908) * '' Devario anomalus'' Conway, Mayden & Tang, 2009 * '' Devario apogon'' ( Chu, 1981) * '' Devario apopyris'' ( F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999) * '' Devario assamensis'' ( Barman, 1984) * '' Devario auropurpureus'' ( Annandale, 1918) * ''Devario browni'' ( Regan, 1907) * '' Devario chrysotaeniatus'' ( Chu, 1981) * '' Devario deruptotalea'' Ramananda & Vishwanath, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Aequipinnatus
The giant danio (''Devario aequipinnatus'') is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family Cyprinidae. Originating in Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the west coast of India, this species grows to a maximum length of 4-6 inches (10-15 cm), making it one of the largest of the danionins. It is characterized by a blue and yellow, torpedo-shaped body with gray and clear fins. In the wild, giant danios live in clear streams and rivers among hills at elevations up to 1000 ft (300 m) above sea level. Their native substrate is small gravel. They are native to a tropical climate and prefer water with a 6-8 pH, a water hardness of 5.0-19.0 dGH, and a temperature range of 72-81 °F (22-27 °C). As surface dwellers, their diets consist predominantly of exogenous insects, but is also supplemented by worms and crustaceans. In captivity, giant danios will usually accept most foods. They are a somewhat aggressive fish, and may bully other fish in community tanks. Giant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Devario
The Bengal danio or Sind danio (''Devario devario'') is a subtropical fish belonging to the minnow family ( Cyprinidae). Originating in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, this fish is sometimes kept in community tanks by fish-keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of . In the wild, the Bengal danio is found in rivers, ponds, and fields in a subtropical climate; it prefers water with a pH of 6.0–8.0, a water hardness of 5.0–19.0 dGH, and an ideal temperature range of . Their diets consist of annelid worms, small crustaceans, and insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...s. The Bengal danio is oviparous. See also * List of freshwater aquarium fish species References External links ''Devario devario'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Apogon
''Devario apogon'' is a fish from the Yunnan province of China which is not dissimilar to '' Devario shanensis''. The fish appears to grow to a maximum of 5–6 cm and is found in the Irrawaddy drainage in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ..., China. References External links ''Devario apogon'' Devario Cyprinid fish of Asia Fauna of Southeast Asia Fish of China Fish described in 1981 {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Acuticephala
''Devario acuticephala'' is a small danionin from Manipur in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... It grows to approximately 1.5 inches and has a black line along its length and an area of red below the black line posterior to the dorsal. They are mostly found in hill streams and ponds. References External links ''Devario acuticephala'' Devario Fish described in 1921 {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang Fang Kullander
Fang Fang Kullander, ''née'' Fang Fang, (14 November 1962 – 19 May 2010) was a Swedish-Chinese ichthyologist. Early life Fang Fang was born on 14 November 1962 in Beijing, her parents were Fang Zongxian and Hang Mingxhien, both geologists. Fang Fang attended primary school in Beijing from 1969 but the family was forced to move to Sanmenxia in Henan and then to Fenghua in Zhejiang, her father's home town, during the Cultural Revolution when her parents' institute was compelled to move out of the capital. She excelled at languages and at writing, her talent for the latter emerging at middle school in Sanmexia. Education Fang Fang entered the Zhanjiang Fisheries College in Guangdong in 1980 where she majored in the study of freshwater fish, graduating in 1984 with her Bachelor's thesis being about the anatomy of the catfish '' Clarias lazera''. This thesis was awarded the second prize of the Scientific and Technological Advancement by the Chinese Agriculture ministry in 1986. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Annandalei
''Devario annandalei'' is a species of fish of the family Cyprinidae found in the Salween, Chao Phraya, and Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annual ... river basins in Myanmar and Thailand. It grows to standard length. References External links ''Devario annandalei'' Devario Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish of Myanmar Fish of Thailand Fish described in 1908 Taxa named by Banawari Lal Chaudhuri {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Anomalus
''Devario anomalus'' is a freshwater fish endemic to Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos .... References Fish of Bangladesh Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish described in 2009 Devario {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Acrostomus
''Devario acrostomus'' is a freshwater fish native to the Mekong River. It is currently only known from Laos. It can reach in total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish .... References Devario Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish of the Mekong Basin Fish of Laos Endemic fauna of Laos Fish described in 1999 Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Taxa named by Fang Fang Kullander {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Affinis
''Devario affinis'' is a freshwater cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ... fish found in India, which grows up to in length. References * External links ''Devario affinis'' Devario Fish described in 1860 Taxa named by Edward Blyth {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devario Apopyris
''Devario apopyris'' is a freshwater fish endemic to northern Laos. It is currently only known from its type locality in the Nam Youan watershed (Mekong basin); its true range is likely to extend into Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ..., China. It grows to standard length. References Devario Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish of the Mekong Basin Fish of Laos Endemic fauna of Laos Taxa named by Fang Fang Kullander Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Fish described in 1999 {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000 species, of which only 1,270 remain extant, divided into about 370 genera. Cyprinids range from about 12 mm in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin W
Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
