Microdevario kubotai

Microdevario kubotai is a species of cyprinid found in southeast Asian rivers and streams. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins.[2] The type locality is in Ranong Province, Peninsular Thailand. It is also known from the adjacent Phang Nga Province and the Ataran basin in Myanmar.[1][3] It likely occurs elsewhere in the region and an introduced population exists in the Songgaria River (part of the Khwae Noi basin).[3] It reaches up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in length.[4]

Microdevario kubotai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Microdevario
Species:
M. kubotai
Binomial name
Microdevario kubotai
(Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999)

In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Microdevario kubotai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T180778A1661738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180778A1661738.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Fang, F., Norén, M., Liao, T. Y., Källersjö, M. & Kullander, S. O. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario, and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). Zoologica Scripta 38:237-256.
  3. SeriouslyFish: Microdevario kubotai. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Microdevario kubotai" in FishBase. March 2015 version.


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