''Sundadanio'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fishes and it is one of two genera in the
family
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Sundadanionidae, known as the tiny danios.
These fishes are typically found in
peat swamp
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Peat ...
s and
blackwater streams, in
Borneo
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and
Sumatra
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(as well as nearby smaller islands) in southeast Asia.
At up to in
standard length
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Overall length
Standard length (SL) is ...
they are very small,
but still larger than their close relatives ''
Paedocypris''.
Species of the two genera are often found together.
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Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:Conway
Conway may refer to:
Places
United States
* Conway, Arkansas
* Conway County, Arkansas
* Lake Conway, Arkansas
* Conway, Florida
* Conway, Iowa
* Conway, Kansas
* Conway, Louisiana
* Conway, Massachusetts
* Conway, Michigan
* Conway Townshi ...
, Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011
* '' Sundadanio axelrodi'' ( Brittan, 1976)
* '' Sundadanio echinus'' Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
* '' Sundadanio gargula'' Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
* '' Sundadanio goblinus'' Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
* '' Sundadanio margarition'' Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
* '' Sundadanio retiarius'' Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
* '' Sundadanio rubellus'' Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
References
Sundadanionidae
Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat
Taxa named by Kai-Erik Witte
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