Dwarf Fire Rasbora

Horadandia brittani

Two Centimeters Carp of Asian Waters

Tropical
Coastal
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Indian Ocean
Asia (unspecified)
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Horadandia brittani is a species of very small freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species is endemic to coastal floodplains in South India. Originally described as a subspecies of H. atukorali, it was elevated to species level in 2013.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Horadandia
Maximum length: 2 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: coastal floodplain of the southern Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and perhaps also Karnataka.

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