Striped barb
Desmopuntius johorensis
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A striped barb from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo that lives in forest streams, ditches and rivers. It eats small invertebrates, insect larvae and some plant matter.
- Scientific name
- Desmopuntius johorensis
- Family
- Cyprinidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Barbus eugrammus, Barbus fasciatus, Barbus tetrazona johorensis, Puntius eugrammus, Puntius fasciatus, Puntius johorensis, Puntius pentazona chiniensis, Systomus johorensis
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 10 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 8
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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