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: Danio
Species: Danio feegradei
Name
Danio feegradei Hora, 1937
Holotype: ZSI F. 12477/1.
Type locality: Roadside drains, Sandoway, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Etymology: Name given in honor of Lieut. E. S. Feegrade, malariologist, Public Health Department of Burma, who collected type.
Synonyms
Brachydanio feegradei (Hora, 1937) – Kottelat, 2013
References
Primary references
Hora, S.L. 1937. Notes on fishes in the Indian Museum. XXXI. On a small collection of fish from Sandoway, Lower Burma. Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) 39(4): 323–331. Reference page.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.
Kullander, S.O. & Britz, R. 2015. Description of Danio absconditus, new species, and redescription of Danio feegradei (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Rakhine Yoma hotspot in south-western Myanmar. Zootaxa 3948(2): 233–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.5 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Additional references
Scharpf, C. & Lazara, K.J. 2016. Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE (part 6 of 10). The ETYFish Project, version 14. [for data regarding the etymology]
The yoma danio (Danio feegradei) is a fish in the family Cyprinidae, a species of danio from Myanmar. It can grow up to 8 cm in length.[1]
Although discovered by Hora in 1937, it was first exported in 2005.
These fish has an exceptional ability for jumping. It can jump vertically to a height of over a foot (0.3 m) and may jump in this manner repeatedly.
The Yoma danio is quite variable in appearance, with some specimens developing black bars.
References
Yoma danio on FishBase
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