Danio sysphigmatus

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 sysphigmatus

Name

Danio sysphigmatus Kullander, 2015

Holotype: NRM 65561. Paratypes: NRM 51642 (7); BMNH 2011.3.24:89-93 (5), 2011.3.25:1-4 (4); USNM 44802 (1).

Type locality: Mon state, Ale village at foot of Malwe mountain, Myanmar (ca. 15°07'43"N, 97°56'09"E).

Etymology: The species name sysphigmatus is an adjective based on the Greek adjective σύσφιγματoς, meaning chained, and refers to the chain-like colour pattern on the sides.

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.

Links

Danio sysphigmatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 31, 2018.
Danio sysphigmatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.