Blue moon danio
The blue moon danio (Devario xyrops) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Myanmar.[2] First described in 2009,[3] they are found in small forested streams on the western slope of the Arakan Mountains in Rakhine State of south-western Myanmar; these streams are typically reduced to a series of interconnected pools during the dry season.[1] This species has also been imported to Europe as an aquarium fish with the code names “TW02” and “Broken Line”.
| Blue moon danio | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Devario |
| Species: | D. xyrops |
| Binomial name | |
| Devario xyrops F. Fang & S. O. Kullander, 2009 | |
References
- Ng, H.H. (2010). "Devario xyrops". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T170120A6720879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170120A6720879.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Devario xyrops" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
- Fang, Fang; Kullander, Sven O. (2009-07-21). "Devario xyrops , a new species of danionine fish from south-western Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 2164 (1): 33–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2164.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
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