Leaping barb
Laubuka caeruleostigmata
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A fish from the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins that schools at the surface of large rivers and eats mainly insects that fall into the water. It was once common in the trade but is now seldom seen.
- Scientific name
- Laubuka caeruleostigmata
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Chela caeruleostigmata, Chela mouhoti, Laubuca caeruleostigmata, Laubuca mouhoti
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 7 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 108 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 8
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Endangered (EN)
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