black-line rasbora or slender rasbora

 About "black-line rasbora or slender rasbora"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Order:- Cypriniformes

📍Family:- Cyprinidae

📍Subfamily:- Danioninae

📍Genus:- Rasbora

📍Species:- R. daniconius

📍Binomial name:- 

Rasbora daniconius

👉The black-line rasbora or slender rasbora (Rasbora daniconius) (called darka at Rangpur), is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus cyprinid family.

👉It is found in rivers of South and Southeast Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and the Indus basin to northern Malay Peninsular and the Mekong.

👉The body is oblong and compressed.

👉The greatest width of the head equals its post-orbital length.

👉It reaches 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.

✈ORIGINS:- Asia, from India and Sri Lanka, via Myanmar

(Burma) and Thailand, to the Greater Sunda Islands.

✈SIZE:- 4 in (10 cm).

✈DIET:- Flake and livefoods.

✈WATER Temperature:- 75–79°F (24–26°C); soft (50 mg/l)

and acidic (pH 6.0–6.5).

✈TEMPERAMENT:- Peaceful and social.

👉The appearance of this species is not dissimilar to that of the Brilliant Rasbora , but its dorsal fin is set slightly farther back and its body color may be a little darker.

👉Males have a yellow tinge to their fins and are slimmer than females,which swell noticeably with eggs.

👉Spawning is reasonably easy to accomplish under favorable water conditions; this may entail dropping the pH slightly and raising the water temperature. 

📷:- http://www.fishtanksandponds.co.uk/galleries/photo-pages-fw-tropical/cypriniformes/rasbora-daniconius.html

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