Greater scissortail
Rasbora caudimaculata
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A large rasbora, up to 15 centimetres, from the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra; records from Thailand and Cambodia are probably other species. It lives both in fast forest streams and in blackwater peat swamps and eats mainly insects.
- Scientific name
- Rasbora caudimaculata
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Rasbora dorsimaculata
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 304 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 150 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- 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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