Sundadanio axelrodi

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Sundadanio axelrodi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Sundadanionidae
Genus: Sundadanio
Species:
S. axelrodi
Binomial name
Sundadanio axelrodi
(Brittan, 1976) [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Rasbora axelrodiBrittan, 1976

Sundadanio axelrodi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sundadanionidae, the tiny danios. This fish is known only from Bintan Island in the Riau Islands east of Sumatra. [1] Originally described as a rasbora, Rasbora axelrodi, this tiny species was later deemed to be more closely related to the danios but not enough to be moved into the genus Danio . Sundadanio axelrodi reaches a maximum size of 1.7 cm. Sundadanio was considered monotypic until the genus was reassessed by Conway, Kottelat and Tan in 2011. [3]

Etymology

Named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (b. 1927), who discovered this species in the tanks of a Singapore aquarium fish exporter. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Sundadanio axelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T91075306A91075410. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91075306A91075410.en . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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