Indian glass barb
Laubuka laubuca
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A fish from South Asia, from streams, ponds and canals, that lives in schools and eats mainly insects. It spawns at dawn or dusk, scattering about 30 eggs at a time, which hatch in around 24 hours, with no parental care.
- Scientific name
- Laubuka laubuca
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Chela huae, Chela labauca, Chela labuca, Chela laubuca, Chela laubuca lankensis, Clupea huae, Cyprinus laubuca, Danio menoni, Laubuca guttatus, Laubuca laubuca, Laubuca siamensis, Leuciscus laubuca, Perilampus fulvescens, Perilampus guttatus, Perilampus laubuca
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 18–24 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 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
- Least concern (LC)
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