Zebra Danio

Q: Can you eat 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.

Q: How big does Zebra Danio get?

Zebra Danio can grow up to 5.0 cm long and weigh 0.001 kg.

Q: Is Zebra Danio good for aquariums?

Zebra danio has a easy care level, a peaceful temperament, requires a minimum tank size of 40 liters.

Q: Where is Zebra Danio found?

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 Bengal and Himalayan foothills region. 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.

Q: Is Zebra Danio endangered?

The conservation status of Zebra Danio is Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List.

Q: What family does Zebra Danio belong to?

Zebra Danio (Danio rerio) belongs to the family Danionidae (Danios) in the order Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows).

Abstract

A small, hardy cyprinid of fast South Asian hill streams, the zebrafish wears five continuous royal-blue horizontal stripes running from gill to tail across a silver-gold body. Native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Myanmar, it inhabits clean, well-oxygenated water over sand and gravel and reaches barely five centimetres. Beyond its popularity as an active, easy-to-keep schooling aquarium fish, it is the most widely used vertebrate model organism in genetic and developmental research, valued for its transparent, fast-developing embryos. Peaceful and undemanding, it thrives in groups in tanks of about 40 litres, and the species is assessed as Least Concern.