Sundadanio atomus

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Sundadanio atomus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Sundadanio
Species:
S. atomus
Binomial name
Sundadanio atomus

Sundadanio atomus is a danionin in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Singkep, off Sumatra (Indonesia). It lives in peat swamp forests. [1]

Sundadanio atomus reaches a maximum size of 1.6 cm (0.63 in) standard length. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Sundadanio atomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T91075292A91075296. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91075292A91075296.en . Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  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.) (2022). "Sundadanio atomus" in FishBase. August 2022 version.