Dario

Life-forms

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: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Anabantaria
Ordo: Anabantiformes
Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Badidae
Genus: Dario
Species (7): D. dario – D. dayingensis – D. huli – D. hysginon – D. kajal – D. neela – D. urops
Name

Dario Kullander & Britz, 2002

Type species: Labrus dario Hamilton, 1822
References

Britz, R., Anoop, V.K. & Dahanukar, N. 2018. Dario neela, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa 4429(1): 141–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.6 Paywall Reference page.
Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. 2013. Dario kajal, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa 3731(3): 331–337. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.3 Reference page.
Kullander, S.O. & Britz, R. 2002. Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 13(4): 295–372. Reference page.

Links

Dario species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Dario and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Dario – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Dario – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Dario in the World Register of Marine Species

Dario is a genus of very small chameleonfishes native to streams and freshwater pools in China (Yunnan), India (northeastern part of the country and Western Ghats) and Myanmar.[1][2][3] Depending on exact species, they are up to 1.5–3 cm (0.6–1.2 in) in standard length,[1] and reddish or brownish in colour.[2][3]
Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Dario dario F. Hamilton, 1822
Dario dayingensis S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Dario huli Britz & P. H. A. Ali, 2015[2]
Dario hysginon S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Dario kajal Britz & S. O. Kullander, 2013[3]
Dario melanogrammus Britz, S. O. Kullander & Rueber, 2022[4]
Dario neela Britz, V.K. Anoop and Neelesh Dahanukar, 2018[5]
Dario tigris Britz, S. O. Kullander & Rueber, 2022[4]
Dario urops Britz, P. H. A. Ali & Philip, 2012

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Dario in FishBase. February 2019 version.
Britz, R. & Ali, A. (2015): Dario huli, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3911 (1): 139–144.
Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. (2013): Dario kajal, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3731 (3): 331–337.
Britz, R., Kullander, S.O. & Rueber, L. (2022): Dario tigris and Dario melanogrammus, two new species of miniature chameleon fishes from northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa, 5138 (1): 1-16.
Britz, R., V.K. Anoop and Neelesh Dahanukar (2018): Dario neela, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 4429 (1): 5 June 2018

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