| Danionidae (Danios), subfamily: Danioninae |
| 6 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Asia: Irrawaddy basin in Yunnan, China. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal soft rays: 12-15; Vertebrae: 34-36. Incomplete lateral line; infraorbital process absent; branched dorsal fin rays 7-8, branched anal fin rays mostly 10-11. Can be distinguished from all other Danio species by the following combinations of characters: a series of short and wide vertical bars or blotches anteriorly on the sides, followed by a horizontal dark P stripe ending at caudal fin base; a short, incomplete lateral line; and barbels absent . The most similar species, D. shanensis, has the lateral line complete or nearly complete (23-32 versus 7017 pored scales), a shorter distance between the cleithral spot and the first vertical bar (2-3 scales versus 0.5-1.0 scale), and deep and thin vertical bars instead of short and wide vertical bars or blotches anteriorly on the sides. |
| Found in a mountain stream with clear, fast running water and a cobble substrate (Ref. 36341). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 26 March 2011 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known from Husa He, a left bank tributary of the Daying Jiang and Longchuan Jiang watersheds of the Irrawaddy basin, southwestern Yunnan. Also found in the Nujiang River (Ref. 51717). Also Ref. 13393, 35840, 36341. |
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