zebrafish

See also: zebra fish

English

Etymology

From zebra ‎ fish.

Noun

zebrafish (plural zebrafishes or zebrafish)

1. A small striped fish of species Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments.

   Synonym: zebra danio

   • 2002, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Pattern Formation in Zebrafish:

     Use of the GAL4-UAS technique for targeted gene expression in the zebrafish.

2. A member of certain species of Percina (logperch).
3. Certain venomous lionfish, of genus Pterois.

Synonyms

• (Percina): rough-belly darters

Translations

Danio rerio

• Catalan: peix zebra m
• Czech: dánio n, zebřička f
• Finnish: seeprakala
• German: Zebrabarbe f, Zebrabärbling m
• Hungarian: zebrahal, zebradánió
• Korean: 제브라피쉬 (jebeurapiswi)
• Portuguese: peixe-zebra m
• Romanian: zebră (ro) f
• Russian: да́нио-ре́рио m (dánio-rério), да́мский чуло́к m (dámskij čulók), брахида́нио-ре́рио m (braxidánio-rério)
• Swedish: sebrafisk (sv) c, zebrafisk (sv) c
• Turkish: zebra balığı