Dracula fish

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Species of fish

title: "Dracula fish" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["danionella", "fish-of-myanmar", "endemic-fauna-of-myanmar", "cyprinid-fish-of-asia", "fish-described-in-2009"] description: "Species of fish" topic_path: "general/danionella" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_fish" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of fish ::

| image = Danionella dracula.jpg | image_caption = Danionella Dracula | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | taxon = Danionella dracula | display_parents = 3 | authority = Britz, Conway & Rüber, 2009 | synonyms =

The dracula fish (Danionella dracula) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. It is a freshwater fish endemic to Myanmar. A close relative is Danio rerio, the zebrafish of aquariums. It is named dracula after its unusual "fangs"; male dracula fish have protruding tooth-like bones stemming from their jawbones. Males have been observed using their fangs to spar with other males.

Identified in April 2007 from specimens shipped to the United Kingdom in a consignment of aquarium fishes, the dracula fish has so far only been found in the wild in a small stream at Sha Du Zup between Mogaung and Tanai in northern Myanmar.

The dracula fish is unusual in that its ancestors lost their true teeth around 50 million years ago, but re-evolved its bone fangs as a replacement around 30 million years ago.

References

References

  1. Ng, H.H.. (2010). "''Danionella dracula''".
  2. {{FishBase. (2014)
  3. Black, Richard. (2009-03-11). "'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth". BBC News.
  4. Ralf Britz. (2009). "Spectacular morphological novelty in a miniature cyprinid fish, ''Danionella dracula'' n. sp.". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
  5. (2009-03-11). "Tiny fish developed its own set of dracula fangs". The Times.
  6. It is a colourless miniature species and grows to a maximum size of around {{convert. 17. mm. National Geographic]]''. Retrieved on 2009-03-12.

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