Editing Zebrafish (section)

== Taxonomy ==
The zebrafish is a [[derived trait|derived]] member of the genus ''[[Brachydanio]]'', of the family [[Cyprinidae]].<ref name="Fisher & Mabee">{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=S. |last2=Mabee |first2=P. |date=2004 |chapter=Skeletogenesis in Zebrafish Danio rerio: Evolutionary and Developmental Aspects |editor1-last=Gong
|editor1-first=Z. |editor2-last=Korzh |editor2-first=V. |title=Fish development and genetics: the zebrafish and medaka models |publisher=World Scientific Publishing Co. |pages=392–423}}</ref> It has a [[cladistics|sister-group]] relationship with ''[[Danio aesculapii]]''.<ref name="McClusky">{{cite journal |vauthors=McCluskey BM, Postlethwait JH |title=Phylogeny of zebrafish, a "model species", within ''Danio'', a "model genus" |journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=635–652 |date=March 2015 |pmid=25415969 |pmc=4327152 |doi=10.1093/molbev/msu325}}</ref> Zebrafish are also closely related to the genus ''[[Devario]]'', as demonstrated by a [[phylogenetic tree]] of close species.<ref name=Parichy2006>{{cite journal |vauthors=Parichy DM |title=Evolution of danio pigment pattern development |journal=Heredity |volume=97 |issue=3 |pages=200–210 |date=September 2006 |pmid=16835593 |doi=10.1038/sj.hdy.6800867 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2006Hered..97..200P}}</ref>