Devario

Devario
Devario auropurpureus
Devario pathirana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Danioninae
Genus:	Devario Heckel, 1843
Type species
Cyprinus devario F. Hamilton, 1822

Devario is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to the rivers and streams of South and Southeast Asia.^[1] These fishes have short barbels and many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small, aquatic insects, crustaceans and worms, as well as, in the case of fry, plankton.^{[citation needed]}