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Microdevario kubotai

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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 standard length.[4]

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Microdevario kubotai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Microdevario
Species:
M. kubotai
Binomial name
Microdevario kubotai
(Kottelat & K. E. Witte, 1999)
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In the aquarium fish trade, it is often identified as the "yellow neon" or "green neon" rasbora.[5]

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