Banane de mer vs Zebra Danio

Albula vulpes comparé à Danio rerio

Taxonomy & Classification

Attribut	Banane de mer	Zebra Danio
Nom scientifique	Albula vulpes	Danio rerio
Ordre	Albuliformes	Cypriniformes
Famille	Albulidae	Danionidae
Conservation Status	Near Threatened	Least Concern

Physical Traits

Attribut	Banane de mer	Zebra Danio
Longueur maximale	77,0 cm	5,0 cm
Poids maximum	6,4 kg	0,001 kg
Couleur	Highly iridescent silvery-white flanks with faint olive-green back; narrow dusky streaks follow scale rows along the upper body; fins are largely transparent with a pale yellowish tinge.	Silver to pale gold body with five continuous horizontal royal-blue stripes running from gill to tail tip, including through the fins; belly silvery-white; fins clear with blue-gold striping.

Habitat & Environment

Attribut	Banane de mer	Zebra Danio
Type d'eau	Saltwater	Freshwater
Plage de profondeur	0-84m	—
Aire de répartition	Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Favors shallow tidal flats, mangrove lagoons, and sandy bays in Florida, …	Native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Myanmar. Inhabits fast-flowing hill streams, rice paddies, and shallow ponds across the …
Habitat	Neritic, estuaries	Fast-flowing, clear mountain streams of the Ganges-Brahmaputra region, India and Bangladesh. Clean, well-oxygenated, shallow water with sandy and gravelly substrate (18-26°C). Lab model organism.

Aquarium Suitability

Attribut	Banane de mer	Zebra Danio
Taille minimale de l'aquarium	—	40 L
Température	—	18-24
Plage de pH	—	6.0-8.0
Niveau d'entretien	—	Easy
Tempérament	—	Peaceful

Informations sur la pêche

Attribut	Banane de mer	Zebra Danio
Poisson de pêche sportive	Oui	Non
Cote de combativité	8/10	—
Record du monde	—	—
Teneur en mercure	—	—

Cuisine & Edibility

Banane de mer

Edible but extremely bony flesh; rarely consumed as table fare in modern sport fishing. Almost exclusively caught-and-released; the species is prized for its fighting ability, not flavor.

Zebra Danio

Not consumed — a hardy ornamental aquarium fish notable for its horizontal blue-silver stripes and active schooling behavior; also a widely used laboratory model organism.

Species Overview

Banane de mer

The bonefish is the premier shallow-water flats species, prized by fly fishers for its blistering initial run. Found in tropical shallows worldwide, it feeds by rooting in sand and marl for crustaceans and mollusks.

Zebra Danio

The zebrafish is a small cyprinid native to South Asia's freshwater streams. Its distinctive blue-and-gold horizontal stripes and hardy nature make it a popular aquarium fish. It is also the most widely used vertebrate model organism in genetic research.