Danio erythromicron

Danio erythromicron, often known as emerald dwarf danio and emerald dwarf rasbora, is a species of cyprinid fish which is endemic to Inle Lake in Myanmar.

Danio erythromicron
Several male and female D. erythromicron in an aquarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Danio
Species:
D. erythromicron
Binomial name
Danio erythromicron
(Annandale, 1918)
Synonyms

Microrasbora erythromicron Annandale, 1918[2][3]

Taxonomy and systematics

In 1999, it was suggested that the species be transferred to the genus Danio based on morphological data, but it was cautioned that more research would be necessary.[4] A phylogenetic analysis of Danio found it indeed close to that genus, but its precise placement was still indeterminable.[5] Shortly thereafter, a new species, Danio margaritatus, was described under the name Celestichthys margaritatus.[6] However, this new species was quickly moved into Danio following further analysis.[7] Subsequent analysis of DNA sequence data showed that Microrasbora erythromicron was related to Danio, and recommended moving this species to that genus.[8] Later molecular analysis confirmed its placement within the genus, with its closest relatives being Danio margaritatus and Danio choprai.[9]

References
  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Danio erythromicron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181072A7657747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181072A7657747.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Annandale, N. (1918-05-09). "Fish and fisheries of the Inlé Lake". Records of the Indian Museum. 14: 33–64. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.18603.
  3. "Synonyms list". FishBase. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. Kottelat, M.; Witte, K. E. (1999). "Two new species of Microrasbora from Thailand and Myanmar, with two new generic names for small Southeast Asian cyprinid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Journal of South Asian Natural History. 4 (1): 49–56.
  5. Fang, Fang (2003): Phylogenetic analysis of the Asian cyprinid genus Danio (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Copeia 2003(4): 714–728. DOI:10.1643/IA03-131.1 HTML abstract
  6. Roberts, Tyson R (2007). "The "Celestial pearl danio", a new genus and species of colourful minute cyprinid fish from Myanmar (Pisces: Cypriniformes)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 55 (1): 131–140.
  7. Conway, K. W.; Chen, W.-J.; Mayden, R. L. (2008). "The 'Celestial Pearl Danio' is a miniature Danio (s.s) (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae): evidence from morphology and molecules". Zootaxa. 1686: 1–28. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1686.1.1.
  8. Mayden, Richard L.; Tang, Kevin L.; Conway, Kevin W.; Freyhof, Jörg; Chamberlain, Sarah; Haskins, Miranda; Schneider, Leah; Sudkamp, Mitchell; Wood Robert, M.; Agnew, Mary; Bufalino, Angelo; Sulaiman, Zohrah; Miya, Masaki; Saitoh, Kenji; He, Shunping (2007). "Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 308B (5): 1–13. doi:10.1002/jez.b.21175. PMID 17554749.
  9. 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 (3): 237–256. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00373.x. S2CID 84911482.
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