Devario coxi

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: Devario
Species: Devario coxi

Name

Devario coxi Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2017

Holotype: LU 9002 [=DU 9002]. Paratypes: CAS, LU, NRM

Type locality: Majerchora stream, 10 km south of Cox's Bazar, Cox’s Bazar District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, 21°23′45″N, [92°E?].

Etymology: The specific name refers to the type locality area (Cox's Bazar), but could also refer to the gene fragment used to identify the species (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1, often shortened to COXI); or to Hiram. A noun in the genitive case. Cox (1760±1799), after whom Cox's Bazar was named.

References

Primary references

Kullander, S.O., Rahman, M.M., Norén, M. & Mollah, A.R. 2017. Devario in Bangladesh: Species diversity, sibling species, and introgression within danionin cyprinids (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Danioninae). PLoS ONE v. 12 (no. 11): e0186895: 1–37. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186895 Reference page. [see pp. 118, Fig. 4.]

Links

Devario coxi in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.