Zebrafish

An exotic species of the family CYPRINIDAE, originally from Asia, that has been introduced in North America. Zebrafish is a model organism for drug assay and cancer research.

Year introduced: 1991(1987)

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Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.200.244.828

MeSH Unique ID: D015027

Registry Number: txid7955

Entry Terms:

• D. rerio
• D. rerios
• B. rerio
• Zebra Fishes
• Fishes, Zebra
• Zebra danio
• danio, Zebra
• Zebra danios
• Brachydanio rerio
• Zebrafishes
• Zebra Fish
• Danio rerio

Previous Indexing:

• Fishes (1966-1986)

See Also:

• Zebrafish Proteins

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Organisms Category
Eukaryota
Animals
Chordata
Vertebrates
Fishes
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Zebrafish