Eyespot rasbora
Brevibora dorsiocellata
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A rasbora from Malaysia and Sumatra with a black spot on a white dorsal fin that resembles an eye. It lives in acidic peat-swamp streams and eats worms, crustaceans and insects. It scatters its eggs among fine-leaved plants.
- Scientific name
- Brevibora dorsiocellata
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Rasbora dorsiocellata, Rasbora dorsiocellata var. macrophthalma, Rasbora macrophthalma
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 3.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 41 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 45 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 8
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Endangered (EN)
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