''Dario'' is a

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of very small chameleonfishes native to streams and freshwater pools in China (

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), India (northeastern part of the country and Western Ghats) and

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

.Britz, R. & Ali, A. (2015): ''Dario huli'', a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). ''Zootaxa, 3911 (1): 139–144.''Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. (2013)
''Dario kajal'', a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae).
''Zootaxa, 3731 (3): 331–337.'' Depending on exact species, they are up to in

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, and reddish or brownish in colour.

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Dario dario'' F. Hamilton, 1822 * '' Dario dayingensis'' S. O. Kullander &

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, 2002 * '' Dario huli''

& P. H. A. Ali, 2015 * '' Dario hysginon'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Dario kajal''

& S. O. Kullander, 2013 *'' Dario melanogrammus''

, S. O. Kullander & Rueber, 2022Britz, R., Kullander, S.O. & Rueber, L. (2022)
'' Dario tigris'' and ''Dario melanogrammus'', two new species of miniature chameleon fishes from northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Badidae).
' Zootaxa, 5138 (1): 1-16.'' * '' Dario neela''

, V.K. Anoop and Neelesh Dahanukar, 2018Britz, R., V.K. Anoop and Neelesh Dahanukar (2018)
''Dario neela'', a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae).
' Zootaxa, 4429 (1): 5 June 2018 '' *'' Dario tigris ''

, S. O. Kullander & Rueber, 2022 * '' Dario urops''

, P. H. A. Ali &

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, 2012

References

Badidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander Taxa named by Ralf Britz {{Rayfinned-fish-stub