Pearly rasbora
Rasboroides vaterifloris
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A small rasbora endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka, from shallow, shaded, quiet forest streams with silt and leaf litter. It eats terrestrial insects and detritus. The male is slimmer and more colourful. It scatters its eggs. It is endangered.
- Scientific name
- Rasboroides vaterifloris
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Rasbora nigromarginata, Rasbora vaterifloris, Rasbora vaterifloris pallida, Rasbora vaterifloris ruber, Rasbora vaterifloris rubioculis, Rasbora vaterifloris typica
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–8 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 4 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 54 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 6
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Endangered (EN)
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