Devario aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839) (Giant Danio)

Banyal, Harinder Singh, Kumar, Sanjeev & Sharma, Indu, 2020, First report on Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 341-350 : 345

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/149942

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187781

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B96E0105-7A5C-6318-EEE9-3BE0FE94F8F1

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scientific name

Devario aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839) (Giant Danio)
status

 

8. Devario aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839) (Giant Danio) View in CoL

1839. Perilampus aequipinnatus McClelland, Asiat. Res. , 19 (2): 393, pl. 60, fig. 1.

2013. Devario aequipinnatus : The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. (27): 98.

Material examined: V/4124 , 8 ex, 4.7–6.7 cm, Purna River near Mahal village, Purna WLS, 21.xi.2019 ; V/4144 , 1 ex, Purna River at Pander Village, 26.xi.2019 .

Distribution: Widely distributed in India, found in hill streams. This was quite common in Purna River.

Remarks: This beautiful brilliant blue colored fish with thin golden bands is an ideal aquarium fish due to its hardy nature.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Devario

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