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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox 
 | image               = Danionella translucida bolton aquarium.JPG
 | image_caption       = Danionella translucida at [[Bolton Aquarium]]
 | status              = LC
 | status_system       = IUCN3.1
 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Britz, R. |date=2010 |title=''Danionella translucida'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T180101A7642448 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T180101A7642448.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
 | taxon            = Danionella translucida
| display_parents = 3
 | authority  = [[Tyson R. Roberts|T. R. Roberts]], 1986
}}

'''''Danionella translucida''''' is an extremely small (1.1&nbsp;cm long) species of  freshwater [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Danionidae]]. This fish is endemic to [[Myanmar]]. When described, it was considered to be one of the [[smallest fish]]. It was collected from the roots of floating aquatic plants in a slow-flowing, shallow stream (maximum depth 1&nbsp;m) in the [[Bago Division|Pegu Division]] of [[Myanmar]]. It was found alongside ''[[Danio]]'', ''[[Microrasbora]]'', ''[[Erethistes]]'', and ''[[Oryzias]]'' species. Observed in life, ''D. translucida'' is almost perfectly transparent except for its eyes. It has a distinctive pattern of [[melanophore]]s. There are no melanophores on the dorsal surface except on the head over the posterior part of the brain. On the posterior half of the body, there a few melanophores following the horizontal midline. The sides and underside of the abdomen have melanophores. A double row of melanophores is present on the underside of the fish from the isthmus of the gills to the pelvic fins. Eggs in ''D. translucida'' has been found to range in size from about {{convert|0.3|-|0.6|mm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter, with ripe eggs being at least {{convert|0.5|mm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter. Females carried anywhere from 3 to 8 or 10 eggs. Compared to the body of the fish, these eggs are relatively large.<ref>{{cite journal|title=''Danionella translucida'', a new genus and species of cyprinid fish from Burma, one of the smallest living vertebrates|first=Tyson R.|last=Roberts|journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes|volume=16|issue=4|pages=231–241|year=1986|doi=10.1007/BF00842977}}</ref>

==References==
*{{FishBase |genus= Danionella |species= translucida| month = August| year = 2011}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.danios.info/fish/translucida.aspx Danionella translucida]

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[[Category:Danionella|translucida]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Fish of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1986]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts]]


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