Blue-Redstripe Danio
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The Blue-Redstripe Danio is a fish
that may be color morph of the widely known Pearl Danio
. It is a tropical fish
belonging to the Danio
family (Cyprinidae). Originating from South-east Asia
in southern Thailand
, Chantaburi province, this fish is rarely found in the fish keeping hobby. It tends to be smaller than the Pearl Danio
and have a distinctive wide luminous orange stripe which peters out under the dorsal. While still rare, it is known to hobbyists as Danio Blue-Redstripe. When originally discovered by Hugh M. Smith in 1931 it was named Danio pulcher, which translates as beautiful danio., however it was later synonimised with D. abolineatus Scholars are currently undecided as to whether it is a separate species to Danio abolineatus or not however the majority concur that it is not.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
that may be color morph of the widely known Pearl Danio
Pearl Danio
The Pearl Danio is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family . Originating in Sumatra, Burma, and Thailand, this fish is sometimes found in community tanks by fish keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of 2.6 inches and lives for around 5 years...
. It is a tropical fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
belonging to the Danio
Danio
The Danio genus comprises many of the species of danionins familiar to aquarists. The common name "danio" is used for members of the genera Danio and Devario.-Taxonomy:...
family (Cyprinidae). Originating from South-east Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
in southern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Chantaburi province, this fish is rarely found in the fish keeping hobby. It tends to be smaller than the Pearl Danio
Pearl Danio
The Pearl Danio is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family . Originating in Sumatra, Burma, and Thailand, this fish is sometimes found in community tanks by fish keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of 2.6 inches and lives for around 5 years...
and have a distinctive wide luminous orange stripe which peters out under the dorsal. While still rare, it is known to hobbyists as Danio Blue-Redstripe. When originally discovered by Hugh M. Smith in 1931 it was named Danio pulcher, which translates as beautiful danio., however it was later synonimised with D. abolineatus Scholars are currently undecided as to whether it is a separate species to Danio abolineatus or not however the majority concur that it is not.