Bengal loach
Botia dario
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The Bengal loach lives in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins of northern India, Bangladesh and Bhutan. It eats snails and other small bottom animals.
- Scientific name
- Botia dario
- Family
- Botiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Botiidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Botia geto, Botia macrolineata, Canthophrys flavicauda, Canthophrys zebra, Cobitis dario, Cobitis geto, Diacanthus flavicauda, Diacanthus zebra
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 23–26 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 13 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 5
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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