Black banded barb

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Black banded barb
Puntius lateristriga.jpg

Black ribbon barbel ( Barbodes lateristriga )

Systematics
without rank: Otophysa
Order : Carp-like (Cypriniformes)
Subordination : Carp fish-like (Cyprinoidei)
Family : Carp fish (Cyprinidae)
Genre : Barbodes
Type : Black banded barb
Scientific name
Barbodes lateristriga
( Valenciennes , 1842)

The black- banded barb ( Barbodes lateristriga , Syn . : Puntius lateristriga , Barbus lateristriga ) is a freshwater fish from the carp family (Cyprinidae). Their distribution area extends from the Malay Peninsula via Singapore to the Great and Small Sunda Islands . The specific epithet lateristriga comes from Latin and means "lateral stripe" ("lateraliter" = lateral, "striga" = line, stripe).

features

The black ribbon barbel becomes 18 centimeters long. Their body is typical of the species of Barbodes . With increasing age, the animals become more and more high-backed. In terms of color, the black banded barbels are very variable due to their large distribution area. Younger fish are usually more colorful. The basic color is yellowish to light brown. The back is greenish brown to greenish orange, the sides golden yellow, reddish or bluish shimmering, the belly is orange to silvery. Behind the head and under the dorsal fin there is a wide, blue-black transverse band that no longer reaches the underside of the body. An often zigzag-shaped longitudinal ligament, which extends to the middle rays of the caudal fin, shows on the rear half of the body. There is a black spot above the beginning of the anal fin. The fins are reddish and have a light edge. The fish have two pairs of barbels . Males are more intensely colored and develop a massive head with age.

Way of life

The black-banded barb is found mainly in clear mountain streams divided by stones and rocks, often also below rapids or waterfalls. It feeds on worms, small crustaceans , insects and their larvae and plant material. Spawning females lay up to 1,000 colorless to light yellow eggs in batches of around 50 eggs. The fish larvae hatch after about 30 hours and swim free after 5 to 6 days.

literature

  • Günther Sterba : Freshwater fish of the world , Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89350-991-7 .
  • Axel Zarske: Barbus lateristriga. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 132.

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