Black-Spot Filament Barb

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 About "Black-Spot Filament Barb"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Order:- Cypriniformes

📍Family:- Cyprinidae

📍Subfamily:- Barbinae

📍Genus:- Dawkinsia

📍Species:- D. filamentosa

📍Binomial name:-

Dawkinsia filamentosa

👉Dawkinsia filamentosa is a species of barb.

👉Young fish have barely any color and black spots.

👉They start having more color at three months old.

👉The fish is a swift swimmer.

👉Males are larger than females and they fertilize eggs by swimming into the cloud of eggs.

👉The species is most commonly found in coastal floodplains near the Southwest Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

👉The species' common names are filament barb and blackspot barb.

👉Along the rivers of Kerala, these fishes grow in abundance and due to its high diet of worms and insects, they are easily caught with baits by fishermen especially during the monsoon season when they are more widely found.

👉The scientific name of this barb derives from the long filaments that develop on the dorsal rays of the mature male.

👉In spawning condition, the male develops small white spots on its face.

👉These barbs should be kept as a shoal, so they require a relatively large aquarium.

👉As with other barbs,Black-Spot Filament Barbs are more likely to spawn successfully if the sexes are separated beforehand.

👉Each female will produce as many as 1,000 eggs.

✈ORIGINS:- Asia, occurring in mountain streams in south

and southwestern India, as well as in Sri Lanka.

✈SIZE:- 6 in (15 cm).

✈DIET:- Prepared foods and livefoods.

✈WATER Temperature:- 68–75°F (20–24°C); soft 

(50–100 mg/l) and acidic (pH 6.0).

✈TEMPERAMENT:- Peaceful and social.

📷:- https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/dawkinsia-filamentosa/

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