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Pearl danio

Danio albolineatus (Blyth, 1860)

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the pearl 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 pearl danio live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pearl danio as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Colombia
  2. Japan

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 pearl 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 pearl danio classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusDanio
  7. SpeciesDanio albolineatus (Blyth, 1860)

Synonyms Brachydanio albolineata, Brachydanio albolineatus, Branchydanio albolineatus, Danio albolineata, Danio pulcher, Danio stoliczkae, Danio tweedei, Danio tweediei, Nuria albolineata

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • dánio duhovéCzech
  • パールダニオJapanese
  • Danio-pérolaPortuguese
  • Розовый даниоRussian
  • ปลาซิวใบไผ่เล็กThai
  • シロガネハヤモドキJapanese
  • Жемчужный ДаниоRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pearl danio

Other species in the same genus Danio.

LC, Least Concern
Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Zebrafish

Danio rerio

Cyprinidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pearl danio an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pearl danio as introduced in 2 countries: Colombia and Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pearl danio?

The pearl danio (Danio albolineatus) 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). Pearl danio (Danio albolineatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearl-danio

MLA

“Pearl danio (Danio albolineatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearl-danio.

BibTeX
@misc{pearl_danio_2026,
  title = {Pearl danio (Danio albolineatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearl-danio},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}