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
Bucca (mythological creature) in Cornish tin mines, granting wishes in exchange for food (see knockers). Bucca (mythological creature) Bucca is a male sea-spirit in Cornish folklore - a merman- that inhabited mines and coastal communities as a hobgoblin during storms. The mythological creature is a type of water spirit likely related to the Púca from Irish and Welsh folklore and the female mari-morgans - a type of mermaid from Welsh and Breton mythology. Rev W. S. Lach-Szyrma, one 19th-century writer on Cornish antiquities, suggested the Bucca had originally been an ancient pagan deity of the sea such as Irish Nechtan or British Nodens,