Guntea loach
Lepidocephalichthys guntea
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A loach from South and Southeast Asia (Ganges and Brahmaputra basins, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar), from slow or still waters with muddy bottoms, including oxygen-poor ones. It is one of the most traded loaches and also a food fish in its range.
- Scientific name
- Lepidocephalichthys guntea
- Family
- Cobitidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Canthophrys olivaceous, Canthophrys olivaceus, Canthophrys vittatus, Cobitis balgara, Cobitis guntea, Cobitis guttata, Cobitis maya, Cobitis phoxocheila, Cobitis phoxochelia, Lepidocephalichthys balgara, Lepidocephalichthys guntea balgara, Lepidocephalichthys nepalensis, Lepidocephalus dibruensis, Lepidocephalus gontea, Lepidocephalus guntea
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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