Zebra Danio

• It has a remarkable ability to regenerate heart tissue after damage.
• It eats zooplankton, insects and plant matter.
• It lives in shallow streams, rivers and floodplains of the Indian subcontinent.
• regeneraciónIt is one of the most widely used fish in scientific research thanks to its ability to regenerate damaged heart tissue, something adult mammals cannot do.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - bony skeleton (fish)

Habitat and environment

Shallow streams, rivers and floodplains of the Indian subcontinent

Birth weight

Tiny on hatching from the egg

Size at birth

Tiny at hatching

Sexual maturity

~75 days (the usual laboratory figure; from 10 weeks old in some studies)

Gestation / incubation

Extremely fast embryonic development, hatching in 48-72 hours

Litter / clutch size

100 to 200 eggs per clutch (5-20 released at a time within a mating cycle)

Life expectancy in captivity

3.5 years on average in captivity (a record of up to 5.5-6)

Sources consulted: Shrimp and Snail Breeder · ScienceDirect Topics · Animal Diversity Web · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · AquaHoy · MicroscopeMaster