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Green tiger barb. The tiger barb is one of over 70 species of barb with commercial importance in the aquarium trade. Of the total ornamental fish species imported into the United States in 1992, only 20 species account for more than 60% of the total number of specimens reported, with tiger barbs falling at tenth on the list, with 2.6 million ...
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.
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)
Tiger barb, sumatra barb: Puntigrus tetrazona: 7.5 cm (3.0 in) ... Very useful for getting rid of algae when it is young but prefer fish food upon reaching adulthood ...
Giant barbs (Catlocarpio siamensis) are the largest members of this family. Cyprinids are native to North America, Africa, and Eurasia. The largest known cyprinid is the giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis), which may grow up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and 300 kg (660 lb) in weight. [4]
The six-banded tiger barb (Desmopuntius hexazona) is a Southeast Asian species of cyprinid fish native to blackwater streams, peat swamps and other freshwater habitats with little movement in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
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
The small barbs from Africa, by contrast, are quite distinct. They might even warrant establishment of a new subfamily – in particular if the Labeoninae are not included in the Cyprininae –, as they seem to be as distinct from barbels and typical carps , as these are from the garras (which are part of the disputed Labeoninae), rendering the ...