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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are small freshwater teleosts valued for disease modelling, which are widely used in genetic laboratories, as a key model for studying neurodegenerative, metabolic, cardiac and dystrophic diseases, supporting the goal of identifying new therapeutic targets and approaches. Zebrafish can proliferate and produce\/regenerate neurons. In response to retinal injury, zebrafish can regenerate multiple classes of retinal neurons and particularly, M\u00fcller glia-derived progenitor cells (MGPCs) can regenerate all types of neurons and restore visual function upon injury. The Jak\/Stat-pathway of zebrafish retina represents one of the cell-signalling pathways involved in reprogramming M\u00fcller glia into MGPCs. In this era characterized by a revolution in experimental models and the future of omics, zebrafish might represent a suitable animal model for studying retinal degeneration and regeneration. 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