Dario hysginon Kullander & Britz, 2002
photo by Udomrittiruj, K.

Family:  Badidae (Chameleonfishes)
Max. size:  3 cm NG (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Myanmar.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 14-15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-7; Anal soft rays: 5-8; Vertebrae: 24-26. Body color usually uniform or with weak reticulate pattern formed by dark scale margins, very rarely any vertical bars. No caudal, cleithral or opercular blotches. Lateral line scales usually 23, rarely 22 or 24; transverse scale row 8.5; vertebrae usually 25. Palatine teeth absent. Anguloarticular lateralis canal present. Males with black blotch anteriorly in dorsal fin (Ref. 46238).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 26 March 2010 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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