Devario apogon

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Occurs in high concentrations in large rivers , tributaries and ditches in clean, turbid or even polluted water over bedrock or gravel , sand , mud substrates.

Biology

Reproduction

Fish collected from late March to the middle of April 1995 appeared to be sexually mature [1].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Danio aequipinnatus (Mcclelland • Danio aequipinnulus (Mcclelland • Danio lineolatus (Blyth • Leuciscus aequipinnatus (Mcclelland • Leuciscus lineolatus Blyth • Perilampus aequipinnatus Mcclelland • Pteropsarion aequipinnatus (Mcclelland

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Devario

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. malabaricus (Giant Danio) · D. acuticephala (Manipur Danio) · D. aequipinnatus (Giant Danio) · D. devario (Bengal Danio) · D. fraseri (Fraser Danio) · D. malabaricus (Giant Danio) · D. naganensis (Naga Danio) · D. neilgherriensis (Peninsular Danio) · D. pathirana (Barred Danio) · D. regina (Fowler's Danio) · D. shanensis (Hora Danio)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Fang, F. (2000). A review of Chinese Danio species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Acta Zootaxon. Sin. 25(2):214-227.
• Kullander, F. F. (2001). Phylogeny and species diversity of the South and Southeast Asian cyprinid genus Danio Hamilton (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Department of Zoology, Stockholm University and Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Carvalho, Marcelo (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3766156
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-151125
• Fishbase Species ID: 27518
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 688981
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109133

Footnotes

1. Fang, F. (2000). Barred Danio species from the Irrawaddy River drainage (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Res. 47(1):13-26. [back]

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