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Blue danio

Danio kerri Smith, 1931

Status not recordedbony fish

The blue danio (Danio kerri) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the blue danio

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue danio live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue danio as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Colombia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blue danio endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue danio classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusDanio
  7. SpeciesDanio kerri Smith, 1931

Synonyms Brachydanio kerri

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • dánio modréCzech
  • Danio-azulPortuguese
  • ปลาซิวใบไผ่เล็กเขียวThai
  • 克氏𱆥Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue danio

Other species in the same genus Danio.

LC, Least Concern
Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Zebrafish

Danio rerio

Cyprinidae

Pearl danio

Danio albolineatus

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blue danio an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue danio as introduced in 1 country: Colombia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the blue danio?

The blue danio (Danio kerri) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue danio (Danio kerri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-danio

MLA

“Blue danio (Danio kerri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-danio.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_danio_2026,
  title = {Blue danio (Danio kerri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-danio},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}