Devario xyrops Fang & Kullander, 2009
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
The blue moon danio (Devario xyrops) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species is endemic to Myanmar. First described in 2009, 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 "Broken Line".
Wikipedia contributors, Blue moon danio; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:30:51.295457+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Devario xyrops Fang & Kullander, 2009
- Name authority
- Fang & Kullander, 2009
- 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 xyrops Fang & Kullander, 2009
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 |
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.
- Fang, F., & Kullander, S. O. (2009). Devario xyrops, a new species of danionine fish from south-western Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 2164: 33–40. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2164.1.3 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:355TY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.