Microdevario gatesi

Microdevario gatesi is a species of cyprinid found in southeast Asian rivers and streams. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins.[2] It is endemic to the lower Irrawaddy River drainage in south central Myanmar.[3][3] It reaches up to 2.3 cm (0.91 in) in length.[4]

Microdevario gatesi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Microdevario
Species:
M. gatesi
Binomial name
Microdevario gatesi
(Herre, 1939)
Synonyms

Microrasbora gatesi

References

  1. Ng, H.H. 2010. Microdevario gatesi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T168531A6509501. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168531A6509501.en. Downloaded on 05 August 2017.
  2. Fang, F., Norén, M., Liao, T. Y., Källersjö, M. & Kullander, S. O. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario, and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). Zoologica Scripta 38:237-256.
  3. SeriouslyFish: Microdevario gatesi. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Microdevario gatesi" in FishBase. March 2015 version.


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