Sundadanio axelrodi
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| image = Sundadanio cf. axelrodi.jpg
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Sundadanio axelrodi
| display_parents = 3
| authority = (Brittan, 1976){{Cof genus|genus=Sundadanio|access-date=27 January 2025}}
| synonyms = *Rasbora axelrodi Brittan, 1976
}}
Sundadanio axelrodi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sundadanionidae, the tiny danios. This fish is known only from Bintan Island in the Riau Islands east of Sumatra. Originally described as a rasbora, Rasbora axelrodi, this tiny species was later deemed to be more closely related to the danios but not enough to be moved into the genus Danio. Sundadanio axelrodi reaches a maximum size of 1.7 cm. Sundadanio was considered monotypic until the genus was reassessed by Conway, Kottelat and Tan in 2011.Conway, K.W., Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011): Review of the Southeast Asian miniature cyprinid genus Sundadanio (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from Indonesia and Malaysia. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (3): 251–288.
Etymology
Named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (b. 1927), who discovered this species in the tanks of a Singapore aquarium fish exporter.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes12/ | title = Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family SUNDADANIONIDAE and DANIONIDAE | access-date= 27 February 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
References
- [http://www.danios.info/fish/axelrodi.aspx Sundadanio axelrodi at danios.info]
- {{FishBase species | genus = Sundadanio | species = axelrodi | month = October| year = 2011}}
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Category:Taxa named by Martin Ralph Brittan