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Dwarf Fire Rasbora
Horadandia brittani
Horadandia brittani is a species of very small freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species is endemic to coastal floodplains in South India. Originally described as a subspecies of H. atukorali, it was elevated to species level in 2013. It can grow to 2 cm (0.79 in) standard length.
From the article Horadandia brittani on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of American ichthyologist Martin R. Brittan (1922–2008), who provided the specimens, the biometric data and the literature, and for critically reviewing the authors’ manuscript regarding the description.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 623787.