Microdevario kubotai
Microdevario kubotai is a species of cyprinid found in southeast Asian rivers and streams. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins.[2] The type locality is in Ranong Province, Peninsular Thailand. It is also known from the adjacent Phang Nga Province and the Ataran basin in Myanmar.[1][3] It likely occurs elsewhere in the region and an introduced population exists in the Songgaria River (part of the Khwae Noi basin).[3] It reaches up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in length.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Microdevario |
| Species: | M. kubotai |
| Binomial name | |
| Microdevario kubotai (Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999) | |
In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.
References
- Kottelat, M. (2012). "Microdevario kubotai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T180778A1661738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180778A1661738.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- 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.
- SeriouslyFish: Microdevario kubotai. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Microdevario kubotai" in FishBase. March 2015 version.
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