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Name

Scientific name

Ceratogarra fasciacauda

Described by

Authority Fowler, Year 1937, Bracketed

Family

Cyprinidae

Common names

Not recorded

Photograph credits

All 2 credited

Summary

Garra fasciacauda is a cyprinid native to the Mekong river system in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, including the Tonlé Sap basin. I…

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

110mm, standard length

Aquarium size

Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 45 cm, Water movement High: fast-flowing river or riffle

Water

Water conditions

Temperature 20–26°C, pH 6–8

Hardness

1–12dGH

Conductivity

Not recorded

Behaviour

Temperament

Peaceful

Social needs

Not recorded

Community suitability

Not recorded

Where it lives

Countries, regions, rivers and lakes

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Hau, Mekong, Nam Theun, Tonlé Sap, Xe Bang Fai

Writing

Etymology

Garra: vernacular Gangetic name for a particular species of “sand-digger,” which Francis Buchanan-Hamilton applied as a generic name for bottom-dwelling cyprin…

Distribution

Native to the Mekong river system in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, including the Tonlé Sap basin. Type locality is 'Kemarat, Thailand', which correspo…

Habitat

Tends to inhabit swiftly-flowing sections of headwaters, tributaries, and larger river channels. The most favourable habitats contain clear, oxygen-saturated w…

Aquarium size

An aquarium with base measurements of 120 ∗ 45 cm should be the minimum size considered.

Maintenance

Not difficult to keep in a well-maintained set-up, but a display arranged to resemble a flowing stream or river, with a substrate of variably-sized, water-worn…

Water conditions

Not written yet

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Diet

Although it will graze algae if available this species is not an exclusive herbivore. Offer meaty foods such as live or frozen chironomid larvae (bloodworm), T…

Behaviour and compatibility

Relatively peaceful and makes a good subject for the well-chosen, larger community of stream-dwelling Indochinese species. It isn't particularly tolerant of co…

Sexual dimorphism

Not written yet

Reproduction

Not written yet

Notes

Diagnostic characters given for this species in Kottelat (2001) include: black submarginal stripe on both upper and lower caudal lobes; dark lateral stripe rel…

References

References

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