Danio assamila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 assamila

Name

Danio assamila Kullander, 2015

Holotype: NRM 65571. Paratypes: CMK 5938 (1); NRM 42645 (tissue 1433) (1), 42647 (6), 46947 (1, c&s), 46953 (1, c&s), 46957 (1, c&s), 51440 (tissue 7182) (1), 51441 (2), 44998 (7), 47422 (tissue 7185), 47423 (tissue 7183) (1).

Type locality: India: Assam: Brahmaputra River drainage: tributary of Dibru River, 2 km N of Digholtrang, Amguri (about 27°37'48" N 95°23'43" E).

Etymology: The species epithet is a construction from the area of occurrence (Assam) and the ending in dangila, to be understood as ‘the Danio dangila of Assam’.

References

• Kullander, S.O. 2015. Taxonomy of chain Danio, an Indo-Myanmar species assemblage, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25(4): 357–380, 5 figs., 7 tabs. PDF. Reference page.