Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Red-headed Rasbora
Rasbora cephalotaenia
Photo: CheongWeei Gan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size13 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Danionidae
- Origin
- Malaysian Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
- Size
- 13 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 2 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Known as the dotted rasbora: a line of dark dots runs along its silvery body.
