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a thumbnail-sized fish that taught science how to build a heartbeat and grow back nerves
means A small, often striped freshwater fish of the carp family native to South and Southeast Asia, the best known being the zebrafish, a staple of aquariums and biology labs alike.
from From the scientific Latin genus name Danio, coined by the naturalist Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in the early 19th century while cataloguing the fishes of the Ganges. The name is generally taken to come from a Bengali local word for these little fish — though, as with many such borrowings, the exact native form has blurred in the retelling.
- see-through babies
- zebrafish embryos are transparent for hours
- spaceflight regular
- flown to orbit for muscle-loss research
- heart fixer
- regrows damaged heart tissue, unlike humans
- genome twin
- shares roughly 70 percent of human genes
- glowing pets
- first GloFish were modified zebrafish
zebra danio — striped freshwater fish native to south asia, most common aquarium danio species
giant danio — large danio species found in rivers of india and sri lanka, grows up to 6 inches
leopard danio — spotted danio native to myanmar and thailand, popular in aquarium hobby