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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Devario
Species:
D. xyrops
Binomial name
Devario xyrops

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Devario xyrops" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  3. 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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