Dario (fish)

Genus of fishes

Dario

Dario dario (male)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anabantiformes
Family:  | Badidae
Genus:  | Dario
S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Type species
Labrus dario

F. Hamilton, 1822

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

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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

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1. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dario". FishBase. February 2019 version.
2. ^ a b c Britz, R. & Ali, A. (2015): Dario huli, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3911 (1): 139–144.
3. ^ a b c Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. (2013): Dario kajal, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3731 (3): 331–337.
4. ^ a b 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.
5. ^ 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

Taxon identifiers

Dario|

* Wikidata: Q5222814
* Wikispecies: Dario
* BOLD: 189457
* CoL: 3ZV8
* EoL: 25524
* GBIF: 2389478
* iNaturalist: 87852
* IRMNG: 1119630
* ITIS: 645411
* NCBI: 248992
* Open Tree of Life: 196686
* WoRMS: 268952

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