Danio assamila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Danioninae
Genus: Danio
Species: Danio assamila

Name

Danio assamila Kullander, 2015

Holotype: NRM 65571. Paratypes: CMK 5938 (1); NRM 42645 (tissue 1433) (1), 42647 (6), 46947 (1, c&s), 46953 (1, c&s), 46957 (1, c&s), 51440 (tissue 7182) (1), 51441 (2), 44998 (7), 47422 (tissue 7185), 47423 (tissue 7183) (1).

Type locality: India: Assam: Brahmaputra River drainage: tributary of Dibru River, 2 km N of Digholtrang, Amguri (about 27°37'48" N 95°23'43" E).

Etymology: The species epithet is a construction from the area of occurrence (Assam) and the ending in dangila, to be understood as ‘the Danio dangila of Assam’.

References

Kullander, S.O. 2015. Taxonomy of chain Danio, an Indo-Myanmar species assemblage, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25(4): 357–380, 5 figs., 7 tabs. PDF. Reference page.

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