Danio rerio

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

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Inhabits streams , canals, ditches, ponds and beels [1]. Occurs in slow-moving to stagnant standing water bodies, particularly rice-fields [2]. Common in rivulets at foot hills [3].

Ecology:  

 

The species is an annual species . Adults inhabit streams , canals, ditches, ponds and beels occur in slow-moving to stagnant standing water bodies, particularly rice-fields and lower reaches of streams common in rivulets at foot hills . Feed on worms and small crustaceans,  also on insect larvae. Breed all year round . Spawning is induced by temperature and commences at the onset of the monsoon season . Food availability also acts as cue for breeding.

 

[4].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
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Biology

Diet

Feeds on worms and small crustaceans[5]; also on insect larvae that it can be used for mosquito control (Ref 6351).

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Barilius rerio (Hamilton • Brachydanio frankei Meinken • Brachydanio rerio (Hamilton • Cyprinus chapalio Hamilton • Cyprinus rerio (Riehl and Baensch, 1989) • Cyprinus rerio Hamilton • Danio lineatus Day • Danio rerio • Nuria rerio (Hamilton • Perilampus striatus Mcclelland

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Hamilton, F. An account of the fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches. Archibald Constable and Company , Edinburg. 405 p., 1822.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 15-Jun-1994

Hamilton (1822) described Cyprinus rerio from Gangetic provinces . Shrestha (1978) treated it under genus Danio.  [4].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Danio

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. acuticephala (Manipur Danio) · D. aequipinnulus (Giant Danio) · D. albolineata (Spotted Danio) · D. albolineatus (Spotted Danio) · D. dangila (Dangila Danio) · D. devario (Sind Dario) · D. feegradei (Burma Danio) · D. kerri (Splendid Danio) · D. malabaricus (Malabar Danio) · D. margaritatus (Celestial Pearl Danio) · D. naganensis (Naga Danio) · D. neilgherriensis (Peninsular Danio) · D. nigrofasciatus (Thorny Tinselfish) · D. pathirana (Barred Danio) · D. regina (Fowler's Danio) · D. rerio (Zebra Fish)

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Further Reading

• A bibliography of fishes, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url , , , , , , , , , .
• A bibliography of fishes, by Bashford Dean. .. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url p. 137, p. 137, p. 281, p. 281, p. 292, p. 292, p. 31, p. 31, p. 362, p. 362, p. 43, p. 43, p. 534, p. 548, p. 548, p. 62, p. 671, p. 671, p. 707, p. 707, p. 77, p. 77.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 111, p. 128, p. 97.
• Annual report of the New York Zoological Society. New York: The Society, 1897- url p. 104, p. 104.
• Aquatic life. Philadelphia: J.E. Bausman. url , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , p. 104, p. 121, p. 144, p. 16, p. 161, p. 2, p. 27, p. 28, p. 32, p. 8.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 225, p. 429.
• Fishes. By Francis Day. London: Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.], 1889. url p. 358.
• Goldfish varieties and tropical aquarium fishes; a complete guide to aquaria and related subjects, Philadelphia, Innes[1921] url , .
• Handbuch der Biologie der Wirbeltiere. Von Dr. M. Hilzheimer. unter Mitwirkung von Dr. Phil. O. Haempel. mikt 599 Textabbildungen. vii, 756 p.illus (part col.)26 cm. url p. 107, p. 174.
• Life, its nature and origin. New York, Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1948. url p. 189.
• Morphology and development of the postcranial skeleton in the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) / Terry Grande, Judith D. Shardo. 99 2002 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2002. url p. 2.
• Pets and how to care for them, [New York]New York zoological park, 1921. url p. 290.
• Pets: their history and care. With illus. from life. New YorkHolt1917 url p. 344.
• Pets; their history and care, New York, H. Holt and company, 1917. url .
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 749.
• Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url , p. 743.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 111, p. 128, p. 91.
• The Aquarium. Philadelphia: Aquarium Societies of Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, 1912-1914. url , , , , .
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url , , p. 106, p. 143, p. 150, p. 181, p. 200, p. 202, p. 224, p. 225, p. 24, p. 240, p. 251, p. 265, p. 294, p. 295, p. 338, p. 359, p. 380, p. 382, p. 55, p. 85.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 160.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng. [etc.]: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux [etc.] url p. 252, p. 41.
• The care of home aquaria [by] Osburn. New York, The New York Zoological Society, 1914. url p. 35.
• The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes, by William T. Innes. .. New York, Halcyon house[c1936] url , p. 290, p. 314.
• The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma and Ceylon / by Francis Day. London: B. Quaritch, [1875]-1878. url , p. 597.
• The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London, B. Quaritch, 1878-88. url , .
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. 15 1971 München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 304.
• Zoological Society bulletin. [New York]: New York Zoological Society. url p. 79, p. 94.

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.
• Compagno, Leonard J.V. (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• 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.
• Vishwanath, W. 2010. Danio rerio. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125646
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25237
• Fishbase Species ID: 4653
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163699
• IUCN ID: 204472
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB61010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 108971

Footnotes

1. Rahman, A.K.A. (1989). Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Zoological Society of Bangladesh. Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka. 364 p. [back]
2. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (1991). Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 541 p. [back]
3. Menon, A.G.K. (1999). Check list - fresh water fishes of India. p. 234-259. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. [back]
4. Vishwanath, W. 2010. Danio rerio. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
5. Mills, D. and G. Vevers (1989). The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 pp. [back]

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