Devario chrysotaeniatus
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Devario chrysotaeniatus, commonly called Gold Striped Danio, is a tropical fish
belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in China
and Laos
in the upper Mekong
river, this fish is very rarely found in community tanks by fish keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of 3 inches (7.5 cm).
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
in the upper Mekong
Mekong
The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....
river, this fish is very rarely found in community tanks by fish keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of 3 inches (7.5 cm).