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Danio rerio
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a species of danionin belonging to the genus Danio in the suborder Cyprinoidei. Native to South Asia, it is a popular, hardy aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio (thus often mislabeled as a "tropical fish", even though they also inhabit subtropical and temperate waters).
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*Danio rerio* is a species of fish classified within the family Cyprinidae and the order Cypriniformes. It belongs to the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The scientific name is attributed to Hamilton, 1822, and the taxon is accepted by the World Register of Marine Species. This organism inhabits freshwater environments.
The species has been assessed by the IUCN Red List as Least Concern, a status recorded in 2010. Occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes 1,000 records. Additional records are held by institutions such as CUMV, FCN-UAQ, KU, and USNM, with specimens documented in India, Mexico, Nepal, and the United States. A total of 643 records and 197 media items are associated with these collections.
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Species
Least ConcernDanio rerio
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 643
- With media
- 197
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- CUMV, FCN-UAQ, KU, USNM
- Recorded in
- India, Mexico, Nepal, United States
Research
66,633 papers- Haematopoiesis in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio).Frontiers in immunology · 2022
- Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a Model for Understanding the Process of Caudal Fin Regeneration.Zebrafish · 2020
- Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model to assess the effects of cocaine as a drug of abuse and its environmental implications.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023
- Modeling leukemia with zebrafish (Danio rerio): Towards precision medicine.Experimental cell research · 2022
- The Role and Mechanisms of the Hypocretin System in Zebrafish (Danio rerio).International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
51 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Distribution
- Range
- Habitats
- Description
- Reproduction
- Feeding
- In the aquarium
- Strains
- Wild-type strains
- Hybrids
- Scientific research
- Model characteristics
- Regeneration
- Genetics
- Background genetics
- Gene expression
- Genome sequencing
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Developmental genetics
- Pigmentation genes
- Transgenesis
- Transparent adult bodies
- RNA splicing
- Orthology
- Inbreeding depression
- Aquaculture research
- Neurochemistry
- DNA repair
- Psychology
- Drug discovery and development
- Drug screens
- Toxico- or pharmacokinetics
- Computational data analysis
- Medical research
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- Immune system
- Infectious diseases
- Repairing retinal damage
- Muscular dystrophies
- Bone physiology and pathology
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Environmental toxicology
- Neurobiology
- Epilepsy
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a species of danionin belonging to the genus Danio in the suborder Cyprinoidei. Native to South Asia, it is a popular, hardy aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio (thus often mislabeled as a "tropical fish", even though they also inhabit subtropical and temperate waters).
The zebrafish is extensively used as a vertebrate model organism in scientific research, particularly developmental biology, but also gene function, oncology, teratology, and drug development, in particular pre-clinical development, due to its scalability from high numbers of offspring and ease of drug delivery through water into the gills. It is also notable for its regenerative abilities, and has been modified by researchers to produce many transgenic strains.
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