Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Chinese High-Finned Shark
Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Photo: Autor desconocido · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature12–26 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank10000 l
- Adult size100 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Origin
- Yangtze River Basin (China)
- Size
- 100 cm
- Temperature
- 12 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater, temperate
- Swimming level
- low – medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a group
- Minimum aquarium size
- 10,000-liter pond
- Diet
- Omnivore (bottom-feeder)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; does not reproduce in home aquariums
Notes: Juveniles have a very tall dorsal fin with brown bands, but as adults they lose that shape and grow to over one meter in length. Suitable only for large tanks.
