Zebrafish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the zebrafish lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Danio rerio
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Danionidae

Where does the zebrafish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the zebrafish in 3 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the zebrafish endangered?

The zebrafish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the zebrafish?

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a ray-finned fish in the order Cypriniformes and the family Danionidae, genus Danio. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the zebrafish

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a species of danionin belonging to the genus Danio in the suborder Cyprinoidei. Native to South Asia, it is a popular, hardy aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio (thus often mislabeled as a "tropical fish", even though they also inhabit subtropical and temperate waters).

The zebrafish is extensively used as a vertebrate model organism in scientific research, particularly developmental biology, but also gene function, oncology, teratology, and drug development, in particular pre-clinical development, due to its scalability from high numbers of offspring and ease of drug delivery through water into the gills. It is also notable for its regenerative abilities, and has been modified by researchers to produce many transgenic strains.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Zebrafish (revision 1380373470), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q169444 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).