Blue moon danio

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Blue moon danio
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Devario
Species:
D. xyrops
Binomial name
Devario xyrops

The blue moon danio (Devario xyrops) is a is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species is endemic to Myanmar. [2] First described in 2009, [3] they are found in small forested streams on the western slope of the Arakan Mountains in Rakhine State of south-western Myanmar; these streams are typically reduced to a series of interconnected pools during the dry season. [1] This species has also been imported to Europe as aquarium fishes with the code names "Broken Line".

References

  1. 1 2 Ng, H.H. (2010). "Devario xyrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T170120A6720879. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170120A6720879.en . Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Devario xyrops". FishBase . August 2014 version.
  3. ↑ Fang, Fang; Kullander, Sven O. (2009-07-21). "Devario xyrops, a new species of danionine fish from south-western Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" . Zootaxa. 2164 (1): 33–40. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2164.1.3 . ISSN   1175-5334.
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