Devario gibber (Kottelat, 2000)
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 gibber is a freshwater fish endemic to the Xe Kong and Xe Don basins in Laos. It occurs in stone-bottomed, clear streams with moderately fast to rapidly flowing water, and is uncommon in floodplains. It is caught in local subsistence fisheries, but not believed to be substantially impacted by them.
Wikipedia contributors, Devario gibber; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:30:35.353812+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Devario gibber (Kottelat, 2000)
- Name authority
- (Kottelat, 2000)
- 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 gibber (Kottelat, 2000)
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 gibber Kottelat, 2000 Kottelat, 2000 | 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=1010244 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:355T5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.