Danio aesculapii

Danio aesculapii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Danioninae
Genus: Danio
Species: Danio aesculapii

Name

Danio aesculapii Kullander & Fang, 2009

• Holotype: NRM 44490, adult male, 21.7 mm SL. Paratypes: BMNH 2009.5.5.1 (1), 2009.5.5.1-18 (18), NRM 40804 (38), 40812 (78), 40826 (31), 40851 (3), 41269 (5), 44907 (19), 45662 (1). Plus non-type material.
• Type locality: Thande, Kananmae Chaung, near Leldee village, by foot 45 minutes from Gwechaung village at kilometer 18 on road Thandwe-Taunggok, 18°35'39"N, 94°22'45"E, Rakhine State, Myanmar.

References

Primary references

• Kullander, S.O. & Fang, F. 2009. Danio aesculapii, a new species of danio from south-western Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 2164: 41–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

Links

• Danio aesculapii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 1, 2018.
• Danio aesculapii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.