Danio and "D. rerio". About a century later (1916) and with many more species described in the meantime, the genus was split; the larger species into "Danio" and the smaller species into the genus "Brachydanio". In 1991, though, the two genera were recombined; most larger species formerly within the genus "Danio" have now been reclassified into the genus "Devario". Also, "Brachydanio" is now a junior synonym of "Danio". There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus: Danio Danio is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found in South and Southeast Asia, commonly kept in aquaria. They
Danionin rerio", "D. nigrofasciatus", and "D. albolineatus"; the remaining "Danio" species were moved to "Devario", which at this time included "D. malabaricus", "D. kakhienensis", "D. devario", "D. chrysotaeniatus", "D. maetaengensis", "D. interruptus", and "D. apogon". The only "Danio" species to have been consistently called "Danio" were "D. dangila" and "D. feegradei". As "D. dangila" was the first discovered "Danio" (or type) the name "Danio" had to remain with "D. dangila", which is why the vast majority of species were moved to "Devario". Also, the sister group to "Devario" was deemed to be a clade formed by "Inlecypris" and "Chela", and more