Common spiny loach
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis
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A loach from Sri Lanka and southern India, from calm, flowing streams. It was described from the Kanniya hot springs in Sri Lanka, but does not live only there.
- Scientific name
- Lepidocephalichthys thermalis
- Family
- Cobitidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Cobitis carnaticus, Cobitis mysorensis, Cobitis rubripinnis, Cobitis thermalis, Enobarbichthys maculata, Enobarbichthys maculatus, Enobarbus maculatus, Jerdonia maculata, Lepidocephalus thermalis, Platacanthus agrensis, Platacanthus maculatus
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 41 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 45 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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