zebra-daniohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebra-danio_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebra danio, n.
Revised 2018

zebra danionoun

  1. 1917–
    A small freshwater cyprinid fish with horizontal dark and light stripes, Danio rerio, native to the Himalayas, popular in aquariums, and much used in research; cf. zebrafish n. 2.
    1. 1917
      Danio rerio, Zebra Danio.
      W. T. Innes, Goldfish Varieties & Tropical Aquarium Fishes vii. 86
    2. 1962
      Some species, such as the Zebra Danio, will spawn over gravelly bottoms even when there are no plants present.
      D. W. Tucker, translation of G. Sterba, Freshwater Fishes of World 265
    3. 2006
      Begin with well-known live-bearers such as guppies and then go on to some of the hardy egg-layers, such as the zebra danio.
      F. Indiviglio, Everything Aquarium Book xx. 268

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.