Devario strigillifer is a species of danio endemic to Myanmar where it is found in shallow, fast-running streams the area of Myitkyina District.
A less frequently traded geographical variant from the Putao area of northern Myanmar, known as the "northern glowlight danio", sometimes is referred to by a fictitious scientific name "Danio putaoensis".
Originating from Southeast Asia in southern Thailand, Kedah, and Sumatra, this fish is rarely found in the fish-keeping hobby, usually accidentally mixed with the pearl danio.