Devario

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Genus of fishes

title: "Devario" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["devario", "danioninae", "freshwater-fish-genera", "taxa-named-by-johann-jakob-heckel"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/devario" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devario" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Devario devario hi res (cropped).jpg | image_caption = Bengal danio (Devario devario), the type species of Devario. | image2 = Devario pathirana.jpg | image2_caption = Devario pathirana | taxon = Devario | authority = Heckel, 1843 | type_species = Cyprinus devario | type_species_authority = Hamilton, 1822 | synonyms =

Devario is a genus of fish in the family Danionidae, a family which also contains several other genera of popular freshwater aquarium fish such as Rasbora and Danio.

Devario are native to the rivers and streams of South and Southeast Asia. They have short barbels, with many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small, aquatic insects, crustaceans and worms, as well as, in the case of fry, plankton.

Species

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Devario_aequipinnatus_(cropped).JPG" caption="[[Giant danio]] (''D. aequipinnatus'')"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Devario_devario_hi_res_(cropped).jpg" caption="Bengal danio (''D. devario'')"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Devario_interruptus.png" caption="D. interruptus]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Devario_malabaricus_by_Blaise_(cropped).png" caption="Malabar danio (''D. malabarensis'')"] ::

Devario contains the following species:

References

References

  1. {{FishBase genus. (2024)
  2. {{Cof genus

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