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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Devario devario hi res (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = [[Bengal danio]] (''Devario devario''), the [[type species]] of ''Devario''.
| image2 = Devario pathirana.jpg
| image2_caption = ''[[Devario pathirana]]''
| taxon = Devario
| authority = [[Johann Jakob Heckel|Heckel]], 1843
| type_species = ''[[Devario devario|Cyprinus devario]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Hamilton]], 1822
| synonyms = 
* ''Paradanio'' <small>[[Francis Day|Day]], 1865</small>
* ''Eustira'' <small>[[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1868</small>
* ''Rambaibarnia'' <small>[[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1934</small>
* ''Danioides'' <small>[[Chu Xin-Luo|X. L. Chu]], 1935</small>
* ''Parabarilius'' <small>[[Jacques Pellegrin|Pellegrin]] & [[Fang Ping-Wen|P. W. Fang]], 1940</small>
* ''Daniops'' <small>[[Hugh McCormick Smith|H. M. Smith]], 1945</small>
}}

'''''Devario''''' is a [[genus]] of [[fish]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Danionidae]], a family which also contains several other genera of popular freshwater aquarium fish such as ''[[Rasbora]]'' and ''[[Danio]]''.

''Devario'' are native to the rivers and streams of [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Devario|month=March|year=2024}}</ref> They have short [[Barbel (anatomy)|barbels]], with many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These [[species]] consume various small, aquatic [[insects]], [[crustacean]]s and [[worm]]s, as well as, in the case of fry, [[plankton]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}



==Species==
[[File:Devario aequipinnatus (cropped).JPG|thumb|[[Giant danio]] (''D. aequipinnatus'')]]
[[File:Devario devario hi res (cropped).jpg|thumb|Bengal danio (''D. devario'')]]
[[File:Devario interruptus.png|thumb|''[[Devario interruptus|D. interruptus]]'']]
[[File:Devario malabaricus by Blaise (cropped).png|thumb|Malabar danio (''D. malabarensis'')]]
''Devario'' contains the following species::<ref name= "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Devario|access-date=16 February 2025}}</ref>
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* ''[[Devario acrostomus]]'' <small>([[Fang Fang Kullander|F. Fang]] & [[Maurice Kottelat|Kottelat]], 1999)</small>
* ''[[Devario acuticephala]]'' <small>([[Sunder Lal Hora|Hora]], 1921)</small>
* ''[[Devario aequipinnatus]]'' <small>([[John McClelland (doctor)|McClelland]], 1839)</small> (Giant Danio)
* ''[[Devario affinis]]'' <small>([[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1860)</small>
* ''[[Devario ahlanderi]]'' <small>[[Sven O. Kullander|Kullander]] & [[Michael Norén|Norén]], 2022.</small>
* ''[[Devario annandalei]]'' <small>([[Banawari Lal Chaudhuri|Chaudhuri]], 1908).</small>
* ''[[Devario anomalus]]'' <small>[[Kevin W. Conway|Conway]], [[Richard L. Mayden|Mayden]] & [[Kevin L. Tang|Tang]], 2009</small>
* ''[[Devario apogon]]'' <small>([[Chu Xin-Luo|X. L. Chu]], 1981)</small>
* ''[[Devario apopyris]]'' <small>(F. Fang & Kottelat, 1999)</small>
* ''[[Devario browni]]'' <small>([[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1907)</small>
* ''[[Devario chrysotaeniatus]]'' <small>(X. L. Chu 1981)</small>
* ''[[Devario coxi]]'' <small>Kullander, [[Mohammad Mizanur Rahman|Rahman]], Norén & [[Abdur Rob Mollah|Mollah]], 2017</small>
* ''[[Devario deruptotalea]]'' <small>[[Ramananda Yumnam|Ramananda]] & [[Waikhom Vishwanath|Vishwanath]], 2014</small>
* ''[[Devario devario]]'' <small>([[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Hamilton]], 1822)</small> (Bengal danio)
* ''[[Devario fangae]]'' <small>Kullander, 2017</small>
* ''[[Devario fangfangae]]'' <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
* ''[[Devario fraseri]]'' <small>(Hora, 1935)</small> (Fraser's danio)
* ''[[Devario gibber]]'' <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
* ''[[Devario interruptus]]'' <small>([[Francis Day|Day]], 1870)</small>
* ''[[Devario kakhienensis]]'' <small>([[John Anderson (zoologist)|J. Anderson]], 1879)</small>
* ''[[Devario kysonensis]]'' <small>([[Nguyễn Văn Hảo|Nguyễn]], [[Nguyễn Thị Hoa (biologist)|Nguyễn]] & [[Mùa Bá Chày|Mùa]], 2010)</small>
* ''[[Devario laoensis]]'' <small>([[Jacques Pellegrin|Pellegrin]] & [[Fang Ping-Wen|P. W. Fang]], 1940)</small>
* ''[[Devario leptos]]'' <small>(F. Fang & Kottelat 1999)</small>
* ''[[Devario malabaricus]]'' <small>([[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1849)</small> (Malabar danio)
* ''[[Devario manipurensis]]'' <small>([[Ram Prasad Barman|Barman]], 1987)</small>
* ''[[Devario memorialis]]'' <small>[[Hiranya Sudasinghe|Sudasinghe]], [[Rohan Pethiyagoda|Pethiyagoda]] & [[Madhava Meegaskumbura|Meegaskumbura]], 2020</small> (Aranayake devario)
* ''[[Devario micronema]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1863)</small>
* ''[[Devario monticola]]'' <small>[[Sudesh Batuwita|Batuwita]], [[Madura de Silva|de Silva]] & [[Sampath Udugampala|Udugampala]], 2017</small> (Mountain danio)
* ''[[Devario myitkyinae]]'' <small>Kullander, 2017</small>
* ''[[Devario naganensis]]'' <small>(Chaudhuri, 1912)</small>
* ''[[Devario neilgherriensis]]'' <small>(Day, 1867)</small> (Nilgiri danio)
* ''[[Devario pathirana]]'' <small>(Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1990)</small> (Barred danio)
* ''[[Devario pullatus]]'' <small>Kottelat, 2020</small>
* ''[[Devario quangbinhensis]]'' <small>([[Nguyen Thia Tu|T. T. Nguyen]], V. T. Le & [[Nguyễn Xuân Khoa|X. K. Nguyễn]], 1999)</small>
* ''[[Devario regina]]'' <small>([[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1934)</small> (Queen danio)
* ''[[Devario salmonatus]]'' <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
* ''[[Devario shanensis]]'' <small>(Hora, 1928)</small>
* ''[[Devario sondhii]]'' <small>(Hora & [[Dev Dev Mukerji|Mukerji]], 1934)</small>.
* ''[[Devario spinosus]]'' <small>(Day, 1870)</small>
* ''[[Devario strigillifer]]'' <small>([[George S. Myers|Myers]], 1924)</small>
* ''[[Devario subviridis]]'' <small>Kottelat, 2020</small>
* ''[[Devario xyrops]]'' <small>F. Fang & Kullander, 2009</small> (Blue moon danio)
* ''[[Devario yuensis]]'' <small>([[Laifrakpam Arun Kumar|Arunkumar]] & [[Hijam Tombi Singh|Tombi Singh]], 1998)</small>
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==References==
{{Commons category|Devario}}
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[[Category:Devario| ]]
[[Category:Danioninae]]
[[Category:Freshwater fish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel]]