Mekong flying barb
Esomus longimanus
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A flying barb from the Mekong basin (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), from ditches, canals and ponds of still water with dense submerged plants. It eats zooplankton and insects.
- Scientific name
- Esomus longimanus
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Esomus goddardi, Esomus longimana, Nuria longimana
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–28 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 108 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Planktivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Data deficient (DD)
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