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Native fish are silver to brownish yellow with four vertical black stripes and red fins and snout. The green tiger barb is the same size and has the same nature as the normal barb, but has a green body. The green tiger barb, often called the moss green tiger barb, can vary considerably in how green it looks; to some people, it looks nearly black.
Puntigrus partipentazona, [2] the Dwarf Tiger Barb, is a species of cyprinid fish native to Southeast Asia where it is found in the Mekong, Mae Klong, and Chao Phraya basins of Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and coastal streams of southeast Thailand and Cambodia where it occurs in streams and impoundments with dense weed growth.
The name Puntigrus is derived from the first syllable of the cyprinid genus Puntius and "tigrus" (to allude to the Latin "tigris" meaning "tiger"). [ 1 ] Species
[citation needed] Some of the most popular cyprinids among aquarists, other than goldfish and koi, include the cherry barb, Harlequin rasbora, pearl danios, rainbow sharks, tiger barbs, and the White Cloud Mountain minnow. One particular species of these small and undemanding danionines is the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns.The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn.
The most distinctive sign is the two barbs under the lower jaw. Found on sandy bottoms of lagoons and around reefs. Sometimes swims in large schools. Benthivorous 40 cm. Often confused with Yellowfin goatfish (Rouget queue jaune) Melon butterflyfish (Pavillon rond) Yellow to pale orange with lateral purplish blue stripes.
This category contains articles about the taxa in the Barbus, Barbonymus and Puntius genera of freshwater fish known as Barbs. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Desmopuntius hexazona (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Six-banded tiger barb) Desmopuntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904) (Striped barb) Desmopuntius pentazona (Boulenger, 1894) (Fiveband barb) Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus (Koumans, 1940) (Snakeskin barb) Desmopuntius trifasciatus (Kottelat, 1996)