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Zebrafish MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Zebrafish
Tree Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.493.200.244.828
Unique ID
D015027
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015027
Scope Note
An exotic species of the family CYPRINIDAE, originally from Asia, that has been introduced in North America. Zebrafish is a model organism for drug assay and cancer research.
Entry Term(s)
B. rerio
Brachydanio rerio
D. rerio
Danio rerio
Zebra Fish
Zebra Fishes
Zebra danio
Zebrafishes
Registry Numbers
txid7955
Previous Indexing
Fishes (1966-1986)
See Also
Zebrafish Proteins
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under CYPRINIDAE 1987-90; BRACHYDANIO was see ZEBRAFISH 1987-93
Online Note
use ZEBRAFISH to search BRACHYDANIO 1987-93
History Note
91(87); was see under CYPRINIDAE 1987-90; BRACHYDANIO was see ZEBRAFISH 1987-93
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1986/04/15
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Zebrafish Preferred
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