''Devario'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Danionidae
The danionins are a group of small, minnow-type fish belonging to the family Danionidae. Species of this group are in the genera clades ''Danio'' and '' Devario'' (which also includes ''Chela'', ''Laubuka'', ''Microdevario'', and ''Microrasbora ...
, a family which also contains several other genera of popular freshwater aquarium fish such as ''
Rasbora'' and ''
Danio
''Danio'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae found in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia, commonly kept in aquarium, aquaria. They are generally characterised by a pattern of horizontal stripes, rows ...
''.
''Devario'' are native to the rivers and streams of
South
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Etymology
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and
Southeast Asia
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.
They have short
barbels
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, with many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These
species
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consume various small, aquatic
insects
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,
crustacean
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s and
worm
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Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine ...
s, as well as, in the case of fry,
plankton
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.
Species
''Devario'' contains the following species::
* ''
Devario acrostomus''
( F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999)
* ''
Devario acuticephala''
( Hora, 1921)
* ''
Devario aequipinnatus''
( McClelland, 1839) (Giant Danio)
* ''
Devario affinis''
( Blyth, 1860)
* ''
Devario ahlanderi''
Kullander & Norén, 2022.
* ''
Devario annandalei''
( Chaudhuri, 1908).
* ''
Devario anomalus''
Conway
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, Mayden & Tang, 2009
* ''
Devario apogon''
( X. L. Chu, 1981)
* ''
Devario apopyris''
(F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999)
* ''
Devario browni''
( Regan, 1907)
* ''
Devario chrysotaeniatus''
(X. L. Chu 1981)
* ''
Devario coxi''
Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2017
* ''
Devario deruptotalea''
Ramananda
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& Vishwanath, 2014
* ''
Devario devario''
(Hamilton
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** ''Hamilton'' (al ...
, 1822) (Bengal danio)
* ''
Devario fangae''
Kullander, 2017
* ''
Devario fangfangae''
(Kottelat, 2000)
* ''
Devario fraseri''
(Hora, 1935) (Fraser's danio)
* ''
Devario gibber''
(Kottelat, 2000)
* ''
Devario interruptus
''Devario interruptus'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, very similar to '' Devario shanensis''. This species is found in the Irrawaddy River basin in Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of ...
''
(Day
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, 1870)
* ''
Devario kakhienensis''
( J. Anderson, 1879)
* ''
Devario kysonensis''
( Nguyễn, Nguyễn & Mùa, 2010)
* ''
Devario laoensis''
( Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940)
* ''
Devario leptos''
(F. Fang & Kottelat 1999)
* ''
Devario malabaricus''
( Jerdon, 1849) (Malabar danio)
* ''
Devario manipurensis''
( Barman, 1987)
* ''
Devario memorialis''
Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020 (Aranayake devario)
* ''
Devario micronema''
( Bleeker, 1863)
* ''
Devario monticola''
Batuwita, de Silva & Udugampala, 2017 (Mountain danio)
* ''
Devario myitkyinae''
Kullander, 2017
* ''
Devario naganensis''
(Chaudhuri, 1912)
* ''
Devario neilgherriensis''
(Day, 1867) (Nilgiri danio)
* ''
Devario pathirana''
(Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1990) (Barred danio)
* ''
Devario pullatus''
Kottelat, 2020
* ''
Devario quangbinhensis''
( T. T. Nguyen, V. T. Le & X. K. Nguyễn, 1999)
* ''
Devario regina''
( Fowler, 1934) (Queen danio)
* ''
Devario salmonatus''
(Kottelat, 2000)
* ''
Devario shanensis''
(Hora, 1928)
* ''
Devario sondhii''
(Hora & Mukerji, 1934).
* ''
Devario spinosus''
(Day, 1870)
* ''
Devario strigillifer''
(Myers
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* Abram F. Myers (1889–after 1960), chair of the Federal Trade Commission and later general counsel and b ...
, 1924)
* ''
Devario subviridis''
Kottelat, 2020
* ''
Devario xyrops''
F. Fang & Kullander, 2009 (Blue moon danio)
* ''
Devario yuensis''
( Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1998)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q135512
Danioninae
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel