Flying rasbora
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| Swainson , 1839 |
The Flugbärblinge ( Esomus ), also air barbs called, are a genus of danios (Danionidae). The freshwater fish are found on the Indian subcontinent , Sri Lanka , the Nicobar Islands and in mainland Southeast Asia to the Malay Peninsula .
features
Flying danishes have an elongated, laterally strongly flattened body and reach a length of 6 cm to 13 cm. Your stomach line is usually more bulged than the back line. The mouth is above and is flanked by two pairs of barbels , a pair of small upper jaw barbels and two long barbels on the lower jaw that reach far back. The dorsal fin has 6 to 8 split rays , the short anal fin 5 to 6. The pectoral fins are elongated. A symphysis button, the upward bulge on the symphysis of the lower jaw, which is typical for many other species of bear, is missing.
Way of life
Flying danishes are swarming schooling fish that mainly occur in stagnant and slow-flowing waters with heavy vegetation, also on flooded rice fields. They usually stay just below the surface of the water, like to jump well and, among other things, feed on insects that have fallen into the water.
species
- Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji , 1928
- Esomus altus ( Blyth , 1860)
- Esomus barbatus ( Jerdon , 1849)
- Esomus caudiocellatus Ahl , 1923
- Esomus danricus ( Hamilton , 1822)
- Striped larva ( Esomus lineatus ) Ahl , 1923
- Esomus longimanus ( Lunel , 1881)
- Esomus malabaricus Day , 1867
- Malayan flying barb ( Esomus malayensis ) Ahl , 1923
- Esomus manipurensis Tilak & Jain , 1990
- Esomus metallicus Ahl , 1923
- Esomus thermoicos ( Valenciennes , 1842)
literature
- Günther Sterba (Ed.), Gert Brückner: Encyclopedia of Aquaristics and Special Ichthyology. Neumann-Neudamm, Melsungen u. a. 1978, ISBN 3-7888-0252-9 .
- Günther Sterba: The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Esomus. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 367 f.
Web links
- Flugbärblinge on Fishbase.org (English)