Clown loach
Chromobotia macracanthus
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The clown loach from Sumatra and Borneo, Indonesia, can reach 40 centimetres in the wild. Adults live on the bottom of main river channels, hiding under rocks and logs; in the wet season they move up tributaries to spawn, and juveniles grow up on the floodplains.
- Scientific name
- Chromobotia macracanthus
- Family
- Botiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Botiidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Botia macracantha, Botia macracanthus, Botia macrocanthus, Cobitis macracanthus
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 24–30 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 40 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 648 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 180 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 5
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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