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Cyprinidae
Orangefin Danio
Danio kyathit
Carp Reaching Three Point Five Centimeters
- Orange
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Orange
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
SmallDanio kyathit,also known as Ocelot danio,is a small, schooling species of fish in the family Danionidae. It is endemic to the upper reaches of Irrawaddy River near Myitkyina in northern Myanmar. Described in 1998, it is closely related to the better-known zebrafish or zebra danio, D. rerio.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Danio
- Maximum length
- 3.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: upper parts of three right bank tributaries of the upper Ayeyarwaddy near Myitkyina, the Hpa-Lap Chaung, Mogaung and Chindwin rivers in Myanmar.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
