Microdevario kubotai | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Microdevario |
Species: | M. kubotai
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Binomial name | |
Microdevario kubotai (
Kottelat &
K. E. Witte, 1999)
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Microdevario kubotai is a species of cyprinid found in southeast Asian rivers and streams. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins. [2] The type locality is in Ranong Province, Peninsular Thailand. It is also known from the adjacent Phang Nga Province and the Ataran basin in Myanmar. [1] [3] It likely occurs elsewhere in the region and an introduced population exists in the Songgaria River (part of the Khwae Noi basin). [3] It reaches up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in length, [4]the maximum length can reach 2.5 cm (0.98 in).
In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.[ citation needed]
Microdevario kubotai | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Microdevario |
Species: | M. kubotai
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Binomial name | |
Microdevario kubotai (
Kottelat &
K. E. Witte, 1999)
|
Microdevario kubotai is a species of cyprinid found in southeast Asian rivers and streams. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins. [2] The type locality is in Ranong Province, Peninsular Thailand. It is also known from the adjacent Phang Nga Province and the Ataran basin in Myanmar. [1] [3] It likely occurs elsewhere in the region and an introduced population exists in the Songgaria River (part of the Khwae Noi basin). [3] It reaches up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in length, [4]the maximum length can reach 2.5 cm (0.98 in).
In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.[ citation needed]