Longitudinal banded barbel
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Banded danish ( Rasbora einthovenii ) |
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The Brilliant Rasbora ( Rasbora einthovenii ) is a small carp fish responsive to the Malay Peninsula , Singapore , Sumatra , Borneo , Bangka and Belitung occurs. The species was named after the Dutch doctor J. Einthoven who caught the type specimens .
features
The longitudinal banded barbel reaches a body length of nine centimeters. His body lean and elongated. The basic color is yellowish brown to light olive and has a purple to bluish sheen. The belly is yellowish to silvery. A black to blackish greenish longitudinal band extends from the tip of the snout to the caudal fin. It is bordered by a red to gold line at the top and bottom. The fins are transparent, the first rays of the dorsal fin are now and then dark. The sideline is almost complete, only the last middle row scale or a few in front of it have no pores. Females have a more bulged belly line.
- Fin formula : Dorsal : 2/7; Anal : 3 / 5–6; Pectorals : 1 / 12-14; Ventral : 2/7.
- Scale formula : mLR 29–32, 12–13 scales between head and dorsal fin base.
The long-tailed harlequin lives in forest streams and feeds on worms, small crustaceans and insects.
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Rasbora Einthovenii. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. 2 volumes. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 848 f.
Web links
- Long-tailed barb on Fishbase.org (English)