Danio TW01 finally gets a proper name

[BallAquatics]

Description of Danio absconditus, new species, and redescription of Danio feegradei (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Rakhine Yoma hotspot in south-western Myanmar.

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03948p247f.pdf

Dennis

[Mugwump]

Description of Danio absconditus, new species, and redescription of Danio feegradei (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Rakhine Yoma hotspot in south-western Myanmar.

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03948p247f.pdf

Dennis

Is there a pic out there somewhere??...

[BallAquatics]

I'll see if I can dig one up.....  I had a group of these back in 08 or 09.....

Here's one of Stephan's photos.....



Dennis

[Mugwump]

'pearly' looking colors....nice....

[PaulineMi]

A pretty fish.

[BillT]

I like that picture better than Pete Cottle's picture:
http://www.danios.info/fish/spTW01.aspx

It looks somewhat similar to Danio aesculapis:
http://www.danios.info/fish/aesculapii.aspx

[PaulineMi]

Does the TW01name  have anything to do with the tinwini?  I see tinwini on Pete Cottle's photo and I think it was included in something awhile back Dennis either posted or had on his website.

[BallAquatics]

Does the TW01name  have anything to do with the tinwini?

The TW is for the late Mr. U Tin Win, director of the Hein Aquarium in Myanmar.  He was instrumental in getting many of the new Danios from Myanmar into the hobby.  At one time there was TW01, TW02, and TW03.  TW03 became Danio aesculapii, TW02 became Danio tinwini named after U Tin Win, and now TW01 has the name Danio absconditus.



I never met Tin Win, but I did get the opportunity to chat with him on the now defunct PetRFD forum in Singapore.  Many of the photos I have on my CPD site are from him.

Dr. Ralf Britz wrote about U Tin Win here.....  http://www.seriouslyfish.com/tag/hein-aquarium/

Dennis