Microdevario kubotai

Microdevario kubotai
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Ostariophysi
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Microdevario
Species: M. kubotai
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 the adjacent Phang Nga Province and the Ataran basin in Burma.[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]

In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Microdevario kubotai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. Fang, F., Norén, M., Liao, T. Y., Källersjö, M. & Kullander, S. O. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario, and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). Zoologica Scripta 38:237-256.
  3. 3.0 3.1 SeriouslyFish: Microdevario kubotai. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Microrasbora kubotai" in FishBase. March 2015 version.

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