October 31st, 2013 — 1:52pm
Adult male individual of Dario kajal spec. nov. © Andreas Werth
The previously unidentified badid known to aquarists as Dario sp. ‘Jaintia Hills’ or D. sp. ‘Bangladesh’ is described by ichthyologists Dr. Ralf Britz and Dr. Sven Kullander in today’s issue of ‘Zootaxa’. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: Dario, Ralf Britz, Sven O. Kullander, Zootaxa |
June 15th, 2012 — 9:30am
A recently-discovered member of the genus Dario with an interesting history is described from southern India in the journal Zootaxa this week.
This is the first record of the genus in southern India. © Hayath
New species Dario urops is named in reference to the conspicuous ocellus on the caudal peduncle, the presence of which distinguishes it from the other three members of the genus, and it can be further told apart by presence of a horizontal suborbital stripe (vs. absence in congeners), by lacking extended lappets on the dorsal-fin spines (vs. possessing), and unusual vertebral counts (14+14–15= 28–29 vs 11–13+12–14=24–27). Continue reading »
Category: Discoveries, Ichthyology, New Species, News | Tags: Badid, Badidae, Dario, fish, ichthyology, new species, Zootaxa |
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