Spotted barb
Barbodes binotatus
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A Southeast Asian barb found from sea level to over 2,000 metres, common in mountain streams below waterfalls and on small islands with few other fish. It eats zooplankton, insect larvae and plants. It scatters its eggs.
- Scientific name
- Barbodes binotatus
- Family
- Cyprinidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Barbus binotatus, Barbus blitonensis, Barbus goniosoma, Barbus ivis, Barbus kusanensis, Barbus maculatus, Barbus maculatus hagenii, Barbus oresigenes, Barbus palavanensis, Barbus polyspilos, Barbus quinquemaculatus, Capoeta binotata, Puntius binotatus, Puntius sealei, Puntius sibukensis
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 18–30 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 20 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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