Microdevario kubotai
Species of fish
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Microdevario kubotai, the kubotai rasbora, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. This species is found in southeast Asian rivers and streams. It belongs to the genus Microdevario, which contains small danionins.[2] The type locality is in Ranong Province, Peninsular Thailand. It is also known from the adjacent Phang Nga Province and the Ataran basin in Myanmar.[1][3] It likely occurs elsewhere in the region and an introduced population exists in the Songgaria River (part of the Khwae Noi basin).[3] It reaches up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in length,its maximum size can reach about 3 cm (1.2 in).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Microdevario |
| Species: | M. kubotai |
| Binomial name | |
| Microdevario kubotai (Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999) | |
In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.[4]
