Purple Passion Danio
Danio roseus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The rose danio is a tropical fish of the family Danionidae. At first glance, this species resembles the pearl danio, but lacks the orange stripe on the side. It has a rosy colouration along the lower part of the fish and lower fins and gleams purple-blue in sunlight. It is also commonly known as the purple passion danio. Its natural range includes the Mekong River drainage in China, Thailand.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Danionidae
- Genus
- Danio