Redstripe rasbora
Trigonopoma pauciperforatum
No photo yet
A rasbora from blackwater streams of peat-swamp forests, with calm, acidic water under the forest canopy. It eats zooplankton and insects. It is popular in the hobby.
- Scientific name
- Trigonopoma pauciperforatum
- Family
- Danionidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Danionidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Rasbora agilis, Rasbora pauciperforata, Rasbora taeniata
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 21–26 °C
- pH
- 4–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 81 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 90 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 8
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Planktivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
Spotted wrong data on this page? Let us know