Danio kyathit | |
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Danio kyathit (above) and Danio quagga (below) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Danionidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Danio |
Species: | D. kyathit
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Binomial name | |
Danio kyathit F. Fang, 1998
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Danio kyathit, also called 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.[1][2] Described in 1998, it is closely related to the better-known zebrafish or zebra danio, D. rerio.