Microdevario

Microdevario is a genus with 4 species in this atlas, catalogued in the Danios & Rasboras section, recorded from Myanmar, China and Thailand. Adult sizes run from 0.5 in to 1 in. Every species below links to a full researched profile.

Species in atlas
4
Adult sizes
0.5–1 in
IUCN assessed
4 of 4
Recorded from
3 countries

About the genus

Microdevario is a genus of tiny cyprinid fish, part of the danio and rasbora group, distributed across Myanmar, China, and Thailand in Southeast Asia. The 4 species in the atlas are among the smallest schooling fish kept in the hobby, just 0.5–1 in at full size, slender and torpedo-shaped, typical of small danionins adapted to slow, shaded forest streams and pools.

The Green Neon Rasbora (Microdevario kubotai) is the genus's clear hobby standout, a long-established nano-aquarium fish valued for its iridescent blue-green lateral stripe and peaceful shoaling behaviour in planted tanks; the Burmese Golden Rasbora (M. gatesi) is a less common but similarly diminutive relative. M. microphthalmus and M. nanus are seen mainly in specialist or scientific collections. Because of their minute size, the genus is suited only to nano and small planted setups with fine-particle foods and other equally small tankmates. Of the 4 species, 3 are Least Concern and 1 is Not Evaluated, suggesting no major conservation alarm at genus level.

IUCN Red List: Least Concern · 3 Not Evaluated · 1

The 4 species

Every Microdevario recorded in this atlas. Each card links to a full researched profile — distribution, water parameters, and aquarium care, cited to primary sources.

(Herre, 1939)

Burmese golden rasbora

1 in SL · LC

(Kottelat & Witte, 1999)

Green neon rasbora, Kubota's microdevario

0.5 in SL · LC

(Jiang, Chen & Yang, 2008)

1 in SL · NE

(Kottelat & Witte, 1999)

0.5 in SL · LC

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How to cite

Aquarist Atlas (2026). Genus Microdevario. Aquarist Atlas. https://www.aquaristatlas.com/microdevario/

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