Devario acuticephala (Hora, 1921)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Devario acuticephala is a small danionin from Manipur in India. It grows to approximately 1.5 inches and has a black line along its length and an area of red below the black line posterior to the dorsal. They are mostly found in hill streams and ponds.
Wikipedia contributors, Devario acuticephala; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:30:35.352812+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Devario acuticephala (Hora, 1921)
- Name authority
- (Hora, 1921)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Devario
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyDanioninae Bleeker, 1863
- genusDevario Heckel, 1843
- speciesDevario acuticephala (Hora, 1921)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Devario. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Devario annandalei (Chaudhuri, 1908) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario anomalus Conway, Mayden & Tang, 2009 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario browni (Regan, 1907) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario chrysotaeniatus (Chu, 1981) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario deruptotalea Ramananda & Vishwanath, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario fraseri (Hora, 1935) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario interruptus (Day, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario kakhienensis (Anderson, 1879) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario neilgherriensis (Day, 1867) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario pathirana (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1990) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario sondhii (Hora & Mukerji, 1934) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devario strigillifer (Myers, 1924) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Danio acuticephala Hora, 1921 Hora, 1921 | synonym |
| Brachydanio acuticephala (Hora, 1921) (Hora, 1921) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1016847 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:355SG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.