Gongota loach
Canthophrys gongota
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- Scientific name
- Canthophrys gongota
- Family
- Cobitidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Canthophrys albescens, Canthophrys bispinosa, Cobitis amnicola, Cobitis cucura, Cobitis gongota, Cobitis oculata, Somileptes bispinosa, Somileptes gongota, Somileptis gongota, Somileptus gongota
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 18–22 °C
- pH
- 6–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 11 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 81 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 90 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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