Sundadanio

Sundadanio
Sundadanio axelrodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Sundadanionidae
Mayden & W. J. Chen, 2010
Genus: Sundadanio
Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999
Type species
Rasbora axelrodi
Brittan, 1976

Sundadanio is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes and it is one of two genera in the family Sundadanionidae, known as the tiny danios. These fishes are typically found in peat swamps and blackwater streams, in Borneo and Sumatra (as well as nearby smaller islands) in southeast Asia. At up to 2.3 cm (0.91 in) in standard length they are very small, but still larger than their close relatives Paedocypris. Species of the two genera are often found together.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sundadanionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 Conway, K.W.; Kottelat, M.; Tan, H.H. (2011). "Review of the Southeast Asian miniature cyprinid genus Sundadanio (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from Indonesia and Malaysia". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 22 (3): 251–288.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sundadanio". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  4. ↑ Rüber, Lukas; Kottelat, Maurice; Tan, Heok Hui; Ng, Peter KL; Britz, Ralf (2007). "Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7: 38. Bibcode:2007BMCEE...7...38R. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-38. PMC 1838906. PMID 17355618.
  5. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sundadanio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2025.