Devario apogon (Chu 1981)

Without lateral line, without infraorbital process; with mostly 7 branched dorsal fin rays and 10 branched anal fin rays. Can be distinguished from other Danio species by the following combination of characters: narrow, indistinct dark vertical bars anteriorly on the sides, followed by a wide, indistinct, tapering horizontal stripe to the end of the caudal peduncle; barbels absent.

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analsoft rays: 12 - 14; Vertebrae: 33 - 36

Occurs in high concentrations in large rivers, tributaries and ditches in clean, turbid or even polluted water over bedrock or gravel, sand, mud substrates. Fish collected from late March to the middle of April 1995 appeared to be sexually mature (Ref. 36341).

Devario apogon is a fish from the Yunnan province of China which is not dissimilar to Devario shanensis. The fish appears to grow to a maximum of 5–6 cm and is found in the Irrawaddy drainage in Yunnan, China.