Blue moon danio
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| name = Blue moon danio
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Devario
| species = xyrops
| display_parents = 3
| authority = F. Fang & S. O. Kullander, 2009
}}
The blue moon danio (Devario xyrops) is a is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species is endemic to Myanmar.{{FishBase |genus= Devario |species= xyrops| month = August| year = 2014}} First described in 2009,{{Cite journal|last=Fang|first=Fang|last2=Kullander|first2=Sven O.|date=2009-07-21|title=Devario xyrops, a new species of danionine fish from south-western Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)|url=https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2164.1.3|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=2164|issue=1|pages=33–40|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2164.1.3|issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}} they are found in small forested streams on the western slope of the Arakan Mountains in Rakhine State of south-western Myanmar; these streams are typically reduced to a series of interconnected pools during the dry season. This species has also been imported to Europe as aquarium fishes with the code names "TW02” and "Broken Line".
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014933/http://www.danios.info/fish/brokenline.aspx Devario sp "Broken Line"]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120329075603/http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=2116 News article on official description]
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Category:Endemic fauna of Myanmar
Category:Fish described in 2009
Category:Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander
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