Devario is a genus of fish in the family Danionidae, a family which also contains several other genera of popular freshwater aquarium fish such as Rasbora and Danio.
Devario are native to the rivers and streams of South and Southeast Asia. They have short barbels, with many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small, aquatic insects, crustaceans and worms, as well as, in the case of fry, plankton.
Species
Devario contains the following species:
- Devario acrostomus <small>(F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999)</small>
- Devario acuticephala <small>(Hora, 1921)</small>
- Devario aequipinnatus <small>(McClelland, 1839)</small> (Giant Danio)
- Devario affinis <small>(Blyth, 1860)</small>
- Devario ahlanderi <small>Kullander & Norén, 2022.</small>
- Devario annandalei <small>(Chaudhuri, 1908).</small>
- Devario anomalus <small>Conway, Mayden & Tang, 2009</small>
- Devario apogon <small>(X. L. Chu, 1981)</small>
- Devario apopyris <small>(F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999)</small>
- Devario assamensis <small> (Barman, 1984)</small>
- Devario browni <small>(Regan, 1907)</small>
- Devario chrysotaeniatus <small>(X. L. Chu 1981)</small>
- Devario coxi <small>Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2017</small>
- Devario deruptotalea <small>Ramananda & Vishwanath, 2014</small>
- Devario devario <small>(Hamilton, 1822)</small> (Bengal danio)
- Devario fangae <small>Kullander, 2017</small>
- Devario fangfangae <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
- Devario fraseri <small>(Hora, 1935)</small> (Fraser's danio)
- Devario gibber <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
- Devario horai <small>(Barman, 1983)</small>
- Devario interruptus <small>(Day, 1870)</small>
- Devario kakhienensis <small>(J. Anderson, 1879)</small>
- Devario kysonensis <small>(Nguyá»Â
n, Nguyá»Â
n & Mùa, 2010)</small>
- Devario laoensis <small>(Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940)</small>
- Devario leptos <small>(F. Fang & Kottelat 1999)</small>
- Devario malabaricus <small>(Jerdon, 1849)</small> (Malabar danio)
- Devario manipurensis <small>(Barman, 1987)</small>
- Devario memorialis <small>Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020</small> (Aranayake devario)
- Devario micronema <small>(Bleeker, 1863)</small>
- Devario monticola <small>Batuwita, de Silva & Udugampala, 2017</small> (Mountain danio)
- Devario myitkyinae <small>Kullander, 2017</small>
- Devario naganensis <small>(Chaudhuri, 1912)</small>
- Devario neilgherriensis <small>(Day, 1867)</small> (Nilgiri danio)
- Devario pathirana <small>(Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1990)</small> (Barred danio)
- Devario pullatus <small>Kottelat, 2020</small>
- Devario quangbinhensis <small>(T. T. Nguyen, V. T. Le & X. K. Nguyá»Â
n, 1999)</small>
- Devario regina <small>(Fowler, 1934)</small> (Queen danio)
- Devario salmonatus <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
- Devario shanensis <small>(Hora, 1928)</small>
- Devario sondhii <small>(Hora & Mukerji, 1934)</small>.
- Devario spinosus <small>(Day, 1870)</small>
- Devario strigillifer <small>(Myers, 1924)</small>
- Devario subviridis <small>Kottelat, 2020</small>
- Devario xyrops <small>F. Fang & Kullander, 2009</small> (Blue moon danio)
- Devario yuensis <small>(Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1998)</small>
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