ticto barb or twospot barb

 About "ticto barb or twospot barb"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Order:- Cypriniformes

📍Family:- Cyprinidae

📍Subfamily:- Barbinae

📍Genus:- Pethia

📍Species:- P. ticto

📍Binomial name:-

Pethia ticto

👉The ticto barb or twospot barb (Pethia ticto) is a species of subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae.

👉It is a native of the upper Mekong, Salwen, Irrawaddy, Meklong and upper Charo Phraya basins in the countries of Nepal, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.

👉It has frequently been confused with the Odessa barb in the aquarium trade, but in that species the male is reddish-orange (lacking in P. ticto).

👉The ticto barb is silver and gold with two black spots; one just before the pectoral fin and one near the back tail.

👉 It grows to a maximum length of 10 cm (4 in).

👉The ticto barb is an active schooling fish, which is usually kept in groups.

👉 When in large enough groups, they will not bother any other species of fish.

👉They prefer a well planted environment that is similar to the still and shallow waters with mud bottoms of their native habitat.

✈ORIGINS:- Asia, occurring from southern India to the

Himalayas; also in Sri Lanka. 

✈SIZE:- 4 in (10 cm).

✈DIET:- Prepared foods and livefoods.

✈WATER Temperature:- 57–79°F (14–26°C); hard

(100–150 mg/l) and around neutral (pH 7.0).

✈TEMPERAMENT:- Peaceful and social.

👉The more colorful male Tic-Tac-Toe usually has

black markings on its dorsal fin, which are missing

in the female.

👉Keep these fish in cool water for a

time, to mimic winter conditions in the wild.

👉A

gradual increase in temperature triggers spawning

behavior.

👉Place two males in a spawning tank with

a single female.

👉The Odessa Barb is a variant of this

species created by breeders in Moscow.

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📷:- https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/pethia-ticto/