Danio tweediei
| Danio tweediei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Genus: | Danio |
| Species: | D. tweediei
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| Binomial name | |
| Danio tweediei Brittan, 1956
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Danio tweedei, the kedah danio, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Penang and possibly in southeastern Myanmar. It was previously conisdered to be a synonym of D. albolineata the pearl danio but Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes recognises this as a valid species.[1] This species was forst formally described in 1956 by Martin Ralph Brittan from type specimens collected in a stream in Kedah by Major H.C. Neath of the Brigade of Ghurkas and is named in honour of Michael Tweedie, the director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore in recognition of his "many contributions to the natural history of Malaya".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Danio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ Martin R. Brittan (1956). "A new species of the fish genus Danio (Cyprinidae) from Kedah, Malaya" (PDF). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 27: 41–44.