Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(4): 391-396, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02242
Danio rerio (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): A new record from Andaman Islands, India
J. Praveenraj, R. Kiruba-Sankar, S. Dam Roy, K. Lohith, K. Shailesh, J. Raymond Jani Angel, R. Venkatesh ThakurCorresponding author: J. Praveenraj © J. Praveenraj, R. Kiruba-Sankar, S. Dam Roy, K. Lohith, K. Shailesh, J. Raymond Jani Angel, R. Venkatesh Thakur. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Praveenraj J, Kiruba-Sankar R, Dam Roy S, Lohith K, Shailesh K, Raymond Jani Angel J, Venkatesh Thakur R (2017) Danio rerio (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): A new record from Andaman Islands, India. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(4): 391-396. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02242 |  |
Abstract
Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) is reported herewith for the first time from Andaman group of islands, which is a new addition to the freshwater fish fauna and also a significant insular record other than its known distribution range. The morphological description of D. rerio collected from North and Middle Andaman Island and the mainland, India topotypes are provided along with the molecular genetic comparison.
Keywords
zebrafish, archipelago, insular, freshwater fish, record