Danio choprae was described by Hora (1928) from near Myitkyina in the upper Ayeyarwaddy River
drainage, and noted to have a very characteristic colour pattern, including several dark vertical bars anteriorly
on the side. Later, Hora (1937) reported another four specimens, this time in a collection made in Sandoway,
located on the west coast of Myanmar, in the Rakhine State and presently known as Thandwe. Hora’s (1937)
identification appears to have been focused on the vertical bars, and he noticed differences in other colour
marks and lateral line development from the type series of D. choprae. Collections from near Thandwe made
in 1998 included many specimens of a very small species with a diffuse pattern of vertical bars, similar to D.
choprae, and agreeing with the figure of D. choprae reported by Hora (1937: fig 2) from Thandwe (Fig. 1). In
the meantime, this species was also imported to Europe as aquarium fish with the code names “pantheri”,
“snakeskin”, and “TW03”, and further collected to the north and south of Thandwe. This paper is dedicated to
the formal description of this species.