Six-banded tiger barb
Desmopuntius hexazona
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A six-banded barb from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo that lives in peat swamps and slow-flowing, acidic blackwater streams. It lives in schools.
- Scientific name
- Desmopuntius hexazona
- Family
- Cyprinidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Barbus hexazona, Puntius hexazona, Puntius johorensis, Systomus hexazona
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- pH
- 4–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–5 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 8
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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