• Question: Why is the fish called a zebra fish?

    Asked by ranger777rex to Alberto on 27 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Alberto Lapedriza

      Alberto Lapedriza answered on 27 Jun 2013:


      The scientific name for the species is Danio rerio, although it’s commonly known as zebrafish. This is because the main feature of the fish is that on its side it has 5 horizontal black stripes separated by white stripes in between, which looks like a zebra stripe pattern.

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