Danio erythromicron

Danio erythromicron is a species of cyprinid is endemic to Inle Lake in Myanmar.

Taxonomy and systematics

In 1999, it was suggested to transfer the species to the genus Danio based on morphological data, but it was cautioned that more research would be necessary.^[1] A phylogenetic analysis of Danio found it indeed close to that genus, but its precise placement was still indeterminable.^[2] Shortly thereafter, a new species, Danio margaritatus, was described under the name Celestichthys margaritatus.^[3] However, this new species was quickly moved into Danio following further analysis.^[4] Subsequent analysis of DNA sequence data showed that Microrasbora erythromicron was related to Danio, and recommended moving this species to that genus.^[5] Later molecular analysis confirmed its placement within the genus, with its closest relatives being Danio margaritatus and Danio choprae.^[6]

See also

• Danionin

References

1. ^ Kottelat, M. & Witte, K.E. (1999): Two new species of Microrasbora from Thailand and Myanmar, with two new generic names for small Southeast Asian cyprinid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 4(1): 49-56.
2. ^ Fang, Fang (2003): Phylogenetic Analysis of the Asian Cyprinid Genus Danio (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Copeia 2003(4): 714–728. DOI:10.1643/IA03-131.1 HTML abstract
3. ^ Roberts, Tyson R. (2007): The "Celestial pearl danio", a new genus and species of colourful minute cyprinid fish from Myanmar (Pisces: Cypriniformes). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 131-140. PDF fulltext
4. ^ Conway, K. W., Chen, W.-J. & Mayden, R. L. (2008). The ‘Celestial Pearl Danio’ is a miniature Danio (s.s) (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae): evidence from morphology and molecules. Zootaxa, 1686, 1–28.
5. ^ Mayden, Richard L.; Tang, Kevin L.; Conway, Kevin W.; Freyhof, Jörg; Chamberlain, Sarah; Haskins, Miranda; Schneider, Leah; Sudkamp, Mitchell; Wood Robert M.; Agnew, Mary; Bufalino, Angelo; Sulaiman, Zohrah; Miya, Masaki; Saitoh, Kenji & He, Shunping (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 308B(5): 1-13. doi:10.1002/jez.b.21175 (HTML abstract)
6. ^ Fang, F., Norén, M., Liao, T. Y., Källersjö, M. & Kullander, S. O. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario, and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae). Zoologica Scripta 38:237-256.

External links

• Microrasbora erythromicron
• "Microrasbora erythromicron". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.