Danio kyathit is also call ocelot danio,is a small, schooling species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the upper reaches of Irrawaddy River near Myitkyina in northern Myanmar. Described in 1998, it is closely related to the better-known zebrafish or zebra danio, D. rerio.

Description

A smallish cyprinoid with a maximum length of , the females are thicker and less streamlined in the body than males. Danio kyathit had once two recognised colour morphs, a striped form known as the orange-finned danio but has now been described as Danio quagga, a spotted form known by the common name ocelot danio, which may be confused with the leopard danio.

Danio kyathit

References

External links

Danios.info – Danio kyathit

Danio

Cyprinid fish of Asia

Fish of Myanmar

Endemic fauna of Myanmar

Taxa named by Fang Fang Kullander

Fish described in 1998

Danio kyathit