| Microdevario | |
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| Microdevario kubotai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Microdevario F. Fang, Norén, T. Y. Liao, Källersjö & S. O. Kullander, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Microrasbora kubotai Kottelat & Witte, 1990
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Microdevario is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. It was recently described to include species previously in the genus Microrasbora.1 These small freshwater fish are native to Burma (Myanmar) and adjacent parts of Thailand, and reach up to 1.5–2.3 cm (0.6–0.9 in) in length depending on the exact species involved.2
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:2
- Microdevario gatesi (Herre, 1939)
- Microdevario kubotai (Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999)
- Microdevario nana (Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999)
- Microdevario microphthalma (Y. E. Jiang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)
References
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microdevario". FishBase. February 2013 version.