Sundadanio

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Sundadanio
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Sundadanio axelrodi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Sundadanionidae
Mayden & W. J. Chen, 2010
Genus: Sundadanio
Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999 [1]
Type species
Rasbora axelrodi
Brittan, 1976

Sundadanio is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes and it is one of two genera in the family Sundadanionidae, known as the tiny danios. [1] These fishes are typically found in peat swamps and blackwater streams, in Borneo and Sumatra (as well as nearby smaller islands) in southeast Asia. [2] At up to 2.3 cm (0.91 in) in standard length they are very small, [3] but still larger than their close relatives Paedocypris . [4] Species of the two genera are often found together. [2]

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: [5]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sundadanionidae</span>

Sundadanionidae, the tiny danios, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes belongong to the suborder Cyprinoidei of the order Cypriniformes. The fishes in this family are endemic to Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sundadanionidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 Conway, K.W.; Kottelat, M.; Tan, H.H. (2011). "Review of the Southeast Asian miniature cyprinid genus Sundadanio (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from Indonesia and Malaysia". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 22 (3): 251–288.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sundadanio". FishBase . August 2022 version.
  4. Rüber, Lukas; Kottelat, Maurice; Tan, Heok Hui; Ng, Peter KL; Britz, Ralf (2007). "Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7: 38. Bibcode:2007BMCEE...7...38R. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-38 . PMC   1838906 . PMID   17355618.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sundadanio". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 January 2025.