Glowlight Danio

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Glowlight danio

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Danio
Species:	D. choprai

Binomial name

Danio choprai
(S. L. Hora, 1928)

Glowlight danio, Danio choprai:

Maximum length: 1.25 inches 4 cm
Colors: Brown, yellow, green, red
Temperature preference: 20-25 Celsius
pH preference: 6 to 7
Hardness preference: Soft to medium
Salinity preference: Low to medium
Compatibility: Good but fast like most danios
Life span: Typically 1 to 3 years
Ease of keeping: Moderate
Ease of breeding: Moderate to hard

Danio choprai or the glowlight danio is a small, schooling fish closely related to the popular zebrafish Danio rerio. It is an active, surface-dwelling fish that feeds in insects that have falled onto the water, aquatic insect larvae, and other small animals. It has a streamlined body marked with a brilliant orange longitudinal band and a series of vertical blue-black bars on the flanks. The fins are edged with yellow. In recent years it has become quite widely traded as an aquarium fish, but otherwise has no commercial importance. Its common name derives from its similarity to the glowlight tetra, a South American characin only distantly related to this fish.

There is less frequently traded geographical variant from the Putao area of northern Myanmar, known as the "northern glowlight danio", sometimes referred to by an obsolete scientific name "Danio putaoensis". This variant is larger, has more vertical bars and longer barbels.

1 Etymology of the Latin name
2 Former Names and Synonyms
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Etymology of the Latin name

S. L. Hora originally named this fish Danio choprae after Dr. B. N. Chopra. However, names ending in '-e' are feminine and reserved for Latin names honouring women. Latin names honouring men usually end with '-i', and consequently the name of this fish has been recently emended. [1] [2]