| Main Ref. | Fang, F. and M. Kottelat, 1999 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
With complete lateral line, well-developed infraorbital process, with mostly 9 branched dorsal-fin rays and 9-10 branched anal-fin rays. Danio acrostomus can be distinguished from all other Danio species by its sharp, upwards directed pointed mouth, relatively long snout (greater than eye diameter), long rostral barbels, and heavily pigmented body. The most similar species D. aequipinnatus auct., has a comparatively blunt and also shorter snout (its length less than the eye diameter) and shorter rostral barbels. |
| Ease of Identification | easy to distinguish from other species. |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 34 - 36 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 15 - 15 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 35 - 37 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 14 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 13 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |