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Name
Scientific name
Dawkinsia rubrotincta
Described by
Authority Jerdon, Year 1849, Bracketed
Family
Cyprinidae
Common names
Not recorded
Photograph credits
All 5 credited
Summary
Dawkinsia rubrotincta is a cyprinid from southern India, considered widespread throughout the Cauvery drainage in Karnataka, Kerala and Tam…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
90mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 45 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 18–25°C, pH 6–7.5
Hardness
2–10dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
India, Cauvery, Kabini, Kaveri
Writing
Etymology
Dawkinsia: named for Richard Dawkins, for 'his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science'. rubrotinctus: …
Distribution
Type locality is the Mananthavadi River, a tributary of the Kabini river system within the larger Cauvery watershed in Wayanad District of Kerala state, southe…
Habitat
No precise data is available but it's certainly a pelagic, riverine species with habitats likely to vary depending on locality and time of year with two annual…
Aquarium size
An aquarium with base measurements of at least 120 ∗ 45 cm or equivalent should be the smallest considered for long-term care.
Maintenance
Fairly easy to maintain provided a dedicated maintenance routine is adhered to, with choice of décor is more-or-less down to personal taste. A natural-style ar…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Probably a foraging omnivore feeding on a variety of worms, insects, crustaceans, plant material, and other organic debris in nature. In the aquarium it's easi…
Behaviour and compatibility
An ideal addition to a peaceful community of riverine species alongside other schooling or shoaling cyprinids plus botiid, cobitid, nemacheilid, and balitorid …
Sexual dimorphism
Adult females are less-brightly-coloured, tend to grow a little larger and are thicker-bodied than males, especially when gravid.
Reproduction
Possibly unrecorded, but recommendations for closely-related species are as follows: Like most small cyprinids Dawkinsia spp. are egg-scattering free spawners …
Notes
This species may have appeared in the aquarium trade under the misapplied names Puntius arulius and P. tambraparniei in the past, both of which are also now cl…
References
References
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