370 Species in Family Danionidae
Nominal species list for Danionidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth, 1860) Burmese carplet
Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844) Attentive carplet
Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker, 1853) Indian carplet
Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton, 1822) Mola carplet
Barilius barila (Hamilton, 1822)
Barilius borneensis Roberts, 1989
Barilius caudiocellatus Chu, 1984
Barilius evezardi Day, 1872
Barilius huahinensis Fowler, 1934
Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932 Mesopotamian minnow
Barilius modestus Day, 1872
Barilius naseeri Mirza, Rafiq & Awan, 1986
Barilius pakistanicus Mirza & Sadiq, 1978
Barilius ponticulus (Smith, 1945)
Barilius torsai Kumari, Munivenkatappa, Sinha, Borah & Das, 2019
Barilius vagra (Hamilton, 1822)
Betadevario ramachandrani Pramod, Fang, Rema Devi, Liao, Indra, Jameela Beevi & Kullander, 2010
Boraras brigittae (Vogt, 1978)
Boraras maculatus (Duncker, 1904) Dwarf rasbora
Boraras merah (Kottelat, 1991)
Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993
Boraras naevus Conway & Kottelat, 2011
Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat, 1991) Least rasbora
Brevibora cheeya Liao & Tan, 2011
Brevibora dorsiocellata (Duncker, 1904) Eyespot rasbora
Brevibora exilis Liao & Tan, 2014
Cabdio crassus Lalramliana, Lalronunga & Singh, 2019
Cabdio jaya (Hamilton, 1822) Jaya
Cabdio morar (Hamilton, 1822) Morari
Cabdio occidentalis Jouladeh-Roudbar, Lalramliana, Vatendoust, Ghanavi & Freyhof, 2023
Cabdio ukhrulensis (Selim & Vishwanath, 2001)
Chela cachius (Hamilton, 1822)
Chela khujairokensis Arunkumar, 2000
Chela macrolepis Knight & Rema Devi, 2014
Chelaethiops bibie (Joannis, 1835) Lake Turkana sardine
Chelaethiops congicus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899
Chelaethiops minutus (Boulenger, 1906)
Chelaethiops rukwaensis (Ricardo, 1939) Lake Rukwa sardine
Danio absconditus Kullander & Britz, 2015
Danio aesculapii Kullander & Fang, 2009
Danio albolineatus (Blyth, 1860) Pearl danio
Danio annulosus Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2015
Danio assamila Kullander, 2015
Danio catenatus Kullander, 2015
Danio choprae Hora, 1928
Danio concatenatus Kullander, 2015
Danio dangila (Hamilton, 1822)
Danio erythromicron (Annandale, 1918)
Danio feegradei Hora, 1937
Danio flagrans Kullander, 2012
Danio htamanthinus Kullander & Norén, 2016
Danio jaintianensis (Sen, 2007)
Danio kerri Smith, 1931 Blue danio
Danio kyathit Fang, 1998
Danio margaritatus (Roberts, 2007) Galaxy rasbora
Danio meghalayensis Sen & Dey, 1985
Danio muongthanhensis Nguyen, 2001
Danio nigrofasciatus (Day, 1870) Dwarf danio
Danio quagga Kullander, Liao & Fang, 2009
Danio quangbinhensis (Nguyen, Le & Nguyen, 1999)
Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) Zebra danio
Danio roseus Fang & Kottelat, 2000
Danio sysphigmatus Kullander, 2015
Danio tinwini Kullander & Fang, 2009
Danio trangi Ngô, 2003
Danionella dracula Britz, Conway & Rüber, 2009
Danionella mirifica Britz, 2003
Danionella priapus Britz, 2009
Danionella translucida Roberts, 1986
Devario acrostomus (Fang & Kottelat, 1999)
Devario acuticephala (Hora, 1921)
Devario aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839) Giant danio
Devario affinis (Blyth, 1860)
Devario annandalei (Chaudhuri, 1908)
Devario anomalus Conway, Mayden & Tang, 2009
Devario apogon (Chu, 1981)
Devario apopyris (Fang & Kottelat, 1999)
Devario assamensis (Barman, 1984)
Devario auropurpureus (Annandale, 1918)
Devario browni (Regan, 1907)
Devario chrysotaeniatus (Chu, 1981)
Devario coxi Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2017
Devario deruptotalea Ramananda & Vishwanath, 2014
Devario devario (Hamilton, 1822) Sind danio
Devario fangae Kullander, 2017
Devario fangfangae (Kottelat, 2000)
Devario fraseri (Hora, 1935)
Devario gibber (Kottelat, 2000)
Devario horai (Barman, 1983)
Devario interruptus (Day, 1870)
Devario kakhienensis (Anderson, 1879)
Devario kysonensis (Nguyen, Nguyen & Mua, 2010)
Devario laoensis (Pellegrin & Fang, 1940)
Devario leptos (Fang & Kottelat, 1999)
Devario maetaengensis (Fang, 1997)
Devario malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) Malabar danio
Devario manipurensis (Barman, 1987)
Devario memorialis Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020 Aranayaka danio
Devario micronema (Bleeker, 1863) Kithulgala danio
Devario monticola Batuwita, de Silva & Udugampala, 2017 Mountain danio
Devario myitkyinae Kullander, 2017
Devario naganensis (Chaudhuri, 1912)
Devario neilgherriensis (Day, 1867)
Devario ostreographus (McClelland, 1839)
Devario pathirana (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1990) Barred danio
Devario peninsulae (Smith, 1945)
Devario regina (Fowler, 1934)
Devario salmonatus (Kottelat, 2000)
Devario shanensis (Hora, 1928) Hora danio
Devario sondhii (Hora & Mukerji, 1934)
Devario spinosus (Day, 1870)
Devario strigillifer (Myers, 1924)
Devario suvatti (Fowler, 1939)
Devario xyrops Fang & Kullander, 2009
Devario yuensis (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1998)
Engraulicypris bredoi Poll, 1945
Engraulicypris brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) River sardine
Engraulicypris gariepinus Barnard, 1943
Engraulicypris howesi Riddin, Bills & Villet, 2016
Engraulicypris moeruensis Boulenger, 1915
Engraulicypris ngalala Riddin, Villet & Bills, 2016
Engraulicypris sardella (Günther, 1868) Lake Malawi sardine
Engraulicypris spinifer Bailey & Matthes, 1971 Malagarasi sardine
Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928
Esomus altus (Blyth, 1860)
Esomus barbatus (Jerdon, 1849) South Indian flying barb
Esomus caudiocellatus Ahl, 1923
Esomus danrica (Hamilton, 1822) Flying barb
Esomus lineatus Ahl, 1923 Striped flying barb
Esomus longimanus (Lunel, 1881) Mekong flying barb
Esomus malabaricus Day, 1867
Esomus malayensis Ahl, 1923 Malayan flying barb
Esomus manipurensis Tilak & Jain, 1990
Esomus metallicus Ahl, 1923
Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes, 1842)
Horadandia atukorali Deraniyagala, 1943 Green carplet
Horadandia brittani Rema Devi & Menon, 1992
Inlecypris jayarami (Barman, 1985)
Kottelatia brittani (Axelrod, 1976)
Laubuka brahmaputraensis Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012
Laubuka caeruleostigmata Smith, 1931 Leaping barb
Laubuka fasciata (Silas, 1958)
Laubuka hema Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020 Gal oya blue laubuka
Laubuka lankensis (Deraniyagala, 1960) Lanka blue laubuka
Laubuka latens Knight, 2015
Laubuka laubuca (Hamilton, 1822) Indian glass barb
Laubuka parafasciata Lalramliana, Vanlalhlimpuia & Singh, 2017
Laubuka siamensis Fowler, 1939
Laubuka tenella Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018
Laubuka trevori Knight, 2015
Laubuka varuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008
Leptocypris crossensis Howes & Teugels, 1989
Leptocypris guineensis (Daget, 1962)
Leptocypris konkoureensis Howes & Teugels, 1989
Leptocypris lujae (Boulenger, 1909)
Leptocypris modestus Boulenger, 1900
Leptocypris niloticus (Joannis, 1835)
Leptocypris taiaensis Howes & Teugels, 1989
Leptocypris weeksii (Boulenger, 1899)
Leptocypris weynsii (Boulenger, 1899)
Luciosoma bleekeri Steindachner, 1878
Luciosoma pellegrinii Popta, 1905
Luciosoma setigerum (Valenciennes, 1842)
Luciosoma spilopleura Bleeker, 1855 Apollo sharkminnow
Luciosoma trinema (Bleeker, 1852)
Malayochela maassi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)
Megarasbora elanga (Hamilton, 1822) Bengala barb
Microdevario gatesi (Herre, 1939)
Microdevario kubotai (Kottelat & Witte, 1999)
Microdevario nanus (Kottelat & Witte, 1999)
Microrasbora microphthalma Jiang, Chen & Yang, 2008
Microrasbora rubescens Annandale, 1918
Nematabramis alestes (Seale & Bean, 1907)
Nematabramis borneensis Inger & Chin, 1962
Nematabramis everetti Boulenger, 1894 Sabah Danio
Nematabramis steindachnerii Popta, 1905
Nematabramis verecundus Herre, 1924
Neobola bottegoi Vinciguerra, 1895
Neobola fluviatilis (Whitehead, 1962) Athi sardine
Neobola kinondo Bart, Schmidt, Nyingi & Gathua, 2019 Tana sardine
Neobola nilotica Werner, 1919
Neobola stellae (Worthington, 1932)
Neochela dadiburjori (Menon, 1952) Dadio
Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin, 1901)
Opsaridium zambezense (Peters, 1852) Barred minnow
Opsaridium boweni (Fowler, 1930)
Opsaridium engrauloides (Nichols, 1923)
Opsaridium leleupi (Matthes, 1965)
Opsaridium loveridgii (Norman, 1922)
Opsaridium maculicauda (Pellegrin, 1926)
Opsaridium microcephalum (Günther, 1864)
Opsaridium microlepis (Günther, 1864) Lake salmon
Opsaridium peringueyi (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913) Southern barred minnow
Opsaridium splendens Taverne & De Vos, 1997
Opsaridium tweddleorum Skelton, 1996 dwarf sanjika
Opsarius ardens (Knight, Rai, d'Souza & Vijaykrishnan, 2015)
Opsarius arunachalensis (Nath, Dam & Kumar, 2010)
Opsarius bakeri (Day, 1865)
Opsarius barna (Hamilton, 1822)
Opsarius barnoides (Vinciguerra, 1890)
Opsarius bendelisis (Hamilton, 1807)
Opsarius bernatziki (Koumans, 1937)
Opsarius canarensis Jerdon, 1849
Opsarius chatricensis (Selim & Vishwanath, 2002)
Opsarius cocsa (Hamilton, 1822)
Opsarius dimorphicus (Tilak & Husain, 1990)
Opsarius dogarsinghi (Hora, 1921)
Opsarius gatensis (Valenciennes, 1844)
Opsarius howesi (Barman, 1986)
Opsarius infrafasciatus (Fowler, 1934)
Opsarius kanaensis Arunkumar & Moyon, 2017
Opsarius koratensis (Smith, 1931)
Opsarius lairokensis (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2000)
Opsarius maculatus McClelland, 1839
Opsarius malabaricus Jerdon, 1849
Opsarius nelsoni (Barman, 1988)
Opsarius ngawa (Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 2002)
Opsarius ornatus (Sauvage, 1883)
Opsarius pectoralis (Husain, 2012)
Opsarius profundus (Dishma & Vishwanath, 2012)
Opsarius pulchellus (Smith, 1931)
Opsarius putaoensis Qin, Maung & Chen, 2019
Opsarius radiolatus (Günther, 1868) Gunther's baril
Opsarius sajikensis Moyon & Arunkumar, 2019
Opsarius shacra (Hamilton, 1822)
Opsarius signicaudus (Tejavej, 2012)
Opsarius tileo (Hamilton, 1822)
Pectenocypris balaena Roberts, 1989
Pectenocypris korthausae Kottelat, 1982
Pectenocypris micromysticetus Tan & Kottelat, 2009
Raiamas nigeriensis (Daget, 1959)
Raiamas salmolucius (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Raiamas scarciensis Howes & Teugels, 1989
Raiamas senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870) Senegal minnow
Raiamas shariensis (Fowler, 1949)
Raiamas steindachneri (Pellegrin, 1908)
Raiamas ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
Raiamas batesii (Boulenger, 1914)
Raiamas bola (Hamilton, 1822) Trout barb
Raiamas brachyrhabdotos Katemo Manda, Snoeks, Chocha Manda & Vreven, 2018
Raiamas buchholzi (Peters, 1876)
Raiamas christyi (Boulenger, 1920) Coppernose barb
Raiamas guttatus (Day, 1870) Burmese trout
Raiamas intermedius (Boulenger, 1915)
Raiamas kheeli Stiassny, Schelly & Schliewen, 2006
Raiamas levequei Howes & Teugels, 1989
Raiamas longirostris (Boulenger, 1902)
Raiamas marqueti Katemo Manda, Snoeks, Chocha Manda & Vreven, 2018
Raiamas moorii (Boulenger, 1900) Lake Rukwa minnow
Rasbora adisi Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Hettiarachchige, Ranasinghe, Raghavan, Dahanukar & Meegaskumbura, 2020 Gal oya striped rasbora
Rasbora amplistriga Kottelat, 2000
Rasbora api Lumbantobing, 2010
Rasbora aprotaenia Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
Rasbora argyrotaenia (Bleeker, 1849) Silver rasbora
Rasbora armitagei Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010 Armitagei’s striped rasbora
Rasbora arundinata Lumbantobing, 2014
Rasbora atranus Kottelat & Tan, 2011
Rasbora atridorsalis Kottelat & Chu, 1988
Rasbora aurotaenia Tirant, 1885 Pale rasbora
Rasbora baliensis Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
Rasbora bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Rasbora beauforti Hardenberg, 1937 Spotlight rasbora
Rasbora bindumatoga Lumbantobing, 2014
Rasbora borapetensis Smith, 1934 Blackline rasbora
Rasbora borneensis Bleeker, 1860
Rasbora bunguranensis Brittan, 1951
Rasbora caudimaculata Volz, 1903 Greater scissortail
Rasbora caverii (Jerdon, 1849) Cauvery rasbora
Rasbora cephalotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Rasbora chrysotaenia Ahl, 1937 Goldstripe rasbora
Rasbora cryptica Kottelat & Tan, 2012
Rasbora dandia (Valenciennes, 1844) Broad striped rasbora
Rasbora daniconius (Hamilton, 1822) Slender rasbora
Rasbora dies Kottelat, 2008
Rasbora dorsinotata Kottelat, 1987
Rasbora dusonensis (Bleeker, 1850) Rosefin rasbora
Rasbora einthovenii (Bleeker, 1851) Brilliant rasbora
Rasbora elegans Volz, 1903 Twospot rasbora
Rasbora ennealepis Roberts, 1989
Rasbora everetti Boulenger, 1895
Rasbora gerlachi Ahl, 1928
Rasbora haru Lumbantobing, 2014
Rasbora hobelmani Kottelat, 1984 Kottelat rasbora
Rasbora hosii Boulenger, 1895
Rasbora hubbsi Brittan, 1954
Rasbora jacobsoni Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
Rasbora johannae Siebert & Guiry, 1996
Rasbora kalbarensis Kottelat, 1991 Kalbar rasbora
Rasbora kalochroma (Bleeker, 1851) Clown rasbora
Rasbora kluetensis Lumbantobing, 2010
Rasbora kobonensis Chaudhuri, 1913
Rasbora kottelati Lim, 1995
Rasbora labiosa Mukerji, 1935
Rasbora lacrimula Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009
Rasbora lateristriata (Bleeker, 1854) Yellow rasbora
Rasbora laticlavia Siebert & Richardson, 1997
Rasbora leptosoma (Bleeker, 1855) Copperstripe rasbora
Rasbora maninjau Lumbantobing, 2014
Rasbora meinkeni de Beaufort, 1931
Rasbora microcephalus (Jerdon, 1849) Narrow striped rasbora
Rasbora myersi Brittan, 1954
Rasbora naggsi Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2010 Naggsi’s striped rasbora
Rasbora nematotaenia Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
Rasbora nodulosa Lumbantobing, 2010
Rasbora notura Kottelat, 2005
Rasbora ornata Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005
Rasbora patrickyapi Tan, 2009
Rasbora paucisqualis Ahl, 1935 Largescaled rasbora
Rasbora paviana Tirant, 1885 Sidestripe rasbora
Rasbora philippina Günther, 1880 Mindanao rasbora
Rasbora rasbora (Hamilton, 1822) Gangetic scissortail rasbora
Rasbora reticulata Weber & de Beaufort, 1915
Rasbora rheophila Kottelat, 2012
Rasbora rubrodorsalis Donoso-Büchner & Schmidt, 1997
Rasbora rutteni Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
Rasbora sarawakensis Brittan, 1951
Rasbora semilineata Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
Rasbora septentrionalis Kottelat, 2000
Rasbora spilotaenia Hubbs & Brittan, 1954
Rasbora steineri Nichols & Pope, 1927 Chinese rasbora
Rasbora subtilis Roberts, 1989
Rasbora sumatrana (Bleeker, 1852)
Rasbora tawarensis Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
Rasbora taytayensis Herre, 1924
Rasbora tobana Ahl, 1934
Rasbora tornieri Ahl, 1922 Yellowtail rasbora
Rasbora trifasciata Popta, 1905
Rasbora trilineata Steindachner, 1870 Three-lined rasbora
Rasbora truncata Lumbantobing, 2010
Rasbora tubbi Brittan, 1954
Rasbora tuberculata Kottelat, 1995
Rasbora vaillantii Popta, 1905
Rasbora vietnamensis Vasil'eva & Vasil’ev, 2013
Rasbora volzii Popta, 1905
Rasbora vulcanus Tan, 1999
Rasbora vulgaris Duncker, 1904
Rasbora wilpita Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991 Wilpita rasbora
Rasboroides nigromarginatus (Meinken, 1957)
Rasboroides pallidus (Deraniyagala, 1958) Pallidus rasbora
Rasboroides rohani Batuwita, de Silva & Edirisinghe, 2013
Rasboroides vaterifloris (Deraniyagala, 1930) Pearly rasbora
Rasbosoma spilocerca (Rainboth & Kottelat, 1987) Dwarf scissortail rasbora
Rastrineobola argentea (Pellegrin, 1904) Silver cyprinid
Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes, 1844) Silver razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma bacaila (Hamilton, 1822) Large razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma balookee (Sykes, 1839) Bloch razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma belachi Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999
Salmostoma boopis (Day, 1874) Boopis razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma horai (Silas, 1951) Hora razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma novacula (Valenciennes, 1840) Novacula razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma orissaense Bănărescu, 1968 Orissa razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma phulo (Hamilton, 1822) Finescale razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma punjabense (Day, 1872) Punjab razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma sardinella (Valenciennes, 1844) Sardinella razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma sladoni (Day, 1870)
Salmostoma untrahi (Day, 1869) Mahanadi razorbelly minnow
Securicula gora (Hamilton, 1822)
Thryssocypris ornithostoma Kottelat, 1991
Thryssocypris smaragdinus Roberts & Kottelat, 1984
Thryssocypris tonlesapensis Roberts & Kottelat, 1984
Thryssocypris wongrati Grudpan & Grudpan, 2012
Trigonopoma gracile (Kottelat, 1991)
Trigonopoma pauciperforatum (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) Redstripe rasbora
Trigonostigma espei (Meinken, 1967) Lambchop rasbora
Trigonostigma hengeli (Meinken, 1956) Glowlight rasbora
Trigonostigma heteromorpha (Duncker, 1904) Harlequin rasbora
Trigonostigma somphongsi (Meinken, 1958)
Trigonostigma truncata Tan, 2020
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