zebrafish

See also: zebra fish

English

Etymology

zebra +‎ fish

Noun

zebrafish (plural zebrafishes or zebrafish)

A small striped fish, Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments.
- 2002 Lilianna Solnica-Krezel - Pattern Formation in Zebrafish
  Use of the GAL4-UAS technique for targeted gene expression in the zebrafish.
A member of certain species of Percina (logperch).
Certain venomous lionfish, of genus Pterois.

Synonyms

(Percina): rough-belly darters

Translations

Danio rerio

Czech: dánio n, zebřička f
Finnish: seeprakala
German: Zebrabarbe f, Zebrabärbling m
Portuguese: peixe-zebra m
Romanian: zebră (ro) f
Swedish: sebrafisk (sv) c, zebrafisk (sv) c

See also

Appendix:List of sequence animal genomes/October 2014

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