| Devario sp. Salween drainage |
| Common Name: | | Salween Devario or Maigay Devario |
| Scientific Name: | | Not yet described |
| Origin: | | The Salween drainage in Myanmar and The Maigay waterfall in N.W. Thailand |
| Size: | | The specimens we caught were around 65 to 70mm T.L |
| Comments: | | We caught a large number of these at the bottom of the Maigay waterfall. The water was highly oxygenated and quite cool and we had great difficulty in keeping them alive – particularly as the air temperature was around 37C. A sample of caudal fin was dried and sent to Dr Sven Kullander who has since confirmed that after DNA sequencing it is a new species. Should be available from Myanmar sources in time.
N.B. The white patches on the flanks are natural and not due to ‘flash burn out’.
My thanks to Andy Kelford and his wife Nok for doing the hard work!
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