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Microrasbora microphthalma Jiang, Chen & Yang, 2008

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Currently found only in the Nanwan River, a tributary of the Ruili River in Yunnan Province. Type locality, Nanwan River (a tributary of upper Irrawaddy), I km from Simenkan Village, Qingping Township, Longchuan County, Yunnan Province (Ref. 75599).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jiang, Y.-E., X.-Y. Chen and J.-X. Yang, 2008
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Danionidae (Danios) > Danioninae
Etymology: Microrasbora: Greek,mikros = small + Rasbora, a word used in India and Malay Peninsula;  microphthalma: Derived from the Greek micro (small), ophthalm from opthalmos (eyes), in reference to its relative smaller eyes when compared to its congeners..
  More on authors: Jiang, Chen & Yang.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.8 - ?; depth range 0 - ? m (Ref. 75599).   Tropical; 20°C - ?

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