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True Danios
Danio
Danio is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found in South and Southeast Asia, commonly kept in aquaria. They are generally characterised by a pattern of horizontal stripes, rows of spots or vertical bars. Some species have two pairs of long barbels. Species of this genus consume various small aquatic insects, crustaceans and worms.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 27 known species
Zebra Danio
speciesDanio rerio
Pearl Danio
speciesDanio albolineatus
Purple Passion Danio
speciesDanio roseus
Galaxy Rasbora
speciesDanio margaritatus
Blue Danio
speciesDanio kerri
Cross-striped Dwarf Rasbora
speciesDanio erythromicron
Spotted Danio
speciesDanio nigrofasciatus
Glowlight Danio
speciesDanio choprae
Moustached Danio
speciesDanio dangila
Gold Ring Danio
speciesDanio tinwini
Orangefin Danio
speciesDanio kyathit
Danio tweediei
speciesDanio tweediei
Danio annulosus
speciesDanio annulosus
Northern Glowlight Danio
speciesDanio flagrans
Danio quagga
speciesDanio quagga
Danio sysphigmatus
speciesDanio sysphigmatus
Panther Danio
speciesDanio aesculapii
Danio assamila
speciesDanio assamila
Danio catenatus
speciesDanio catenatus
Danio concatenatus
speciesDanio concatenatus
Yoma Danio
speciesDanio feegradei
Danio meghalayensis
speciesDanio meghalayensis
Danio htamanthinus
speciesDanio htamanthinus
Danio dichromatus
speciesDanio dichromatus
Black-barred Danio
speciesDanio absconditus
Danio jaintianensis
speciesDanio jaintianensis
Danio pulcher
speciesDanio pulcher
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 49982.