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Microdevario microphthalma

Microdevario microphthalma is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. This species is endemic to small hill streams in Yunnan, China. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins. It reaches up to 2.6 cm (1.0 in) in standard length,its maximum size can reach 4 cm (1.6 in) to 5 cm (2.0 in).

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Microdevario microphthalma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Microdevario
Species:
M. microphthalma
Binomial name
Microdevario microphthalma
(Y. E. Jiang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)
Synonyms
  • Microrasbora micropthalmus Y. E. Jiang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008

Microdevario microphthalma is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. This species is endemic to small hill streams in Yunnan, China. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins.1 It reaches up to 2.6 cm (1.0 in) in standard length2,its maximum size can reach 4 cm (1.6 in) to 5 cm (2.0 in).

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Microrasbora microphthalma". FishBase. March 2015 version.