Saddle-back Loach
Homaloptera orthogoniata
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A fish from flowing forest streams of Southeast Asia.
- Scientific name
- Homaloptera orthogoniata
- Family
- Balitoridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Balitoridae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25.5 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 9.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 108 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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