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Danionidae

9 fish on EveryFish name Danionidae among their families.

WorldRasbora A diverse genus of small freshwater fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822

🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 moreCelestial pearl danio A tiny, brightly coloured freshwater fish from Myanmar and Thailand, popular in the aquarium trade.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 2006

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreMola carplet A small freshwater fish from the Indian subcontinent valued as food.Carp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Rasbora: Captain R C Beavan, Public domain, source
Celestial pearl danio: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mola carplet: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source

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