Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 19 - 20; Vertebrae: 33. Can be distinguished from all other Danio species by the combination of 5-7 dark, spotted or continuous horizontal stripes on the side of the body, incomplete lateral line, and two pairs of long barbels.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Danionidae

Genus: Danio

Species: Danio kyathit Fang, 1998

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Sexually mature females were collected from a small stream with clear, brownish and fast running water with deep bamboo forest on both banks, more than 80% shaded, with mud and small stones on the bottom (Ref. 33084).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Threat to Humans

Harmless