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Name
Scientific name
Syncrossus helodes
Described by
Authority Sauvage, Year 1876, Bracketed
Family
Botiidae
Common names
Banded Tiger Loach
Photograph credits
All 1 credited
Summary
The banded tiger loach, Syncrossus helodes, is a botiid loach from the Mekong in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, and the Chao Phraya.…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
300mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 180 cm, Minimum depth 45 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 24–30°C, pH 6–7.5
Hardness
2–12dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Chao Phraya, Mae Klong, Mekong
Writing
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Type locality appears to be the Mekong River north of Kratié town, Kratié province, eastern Cambodia, but the species is currently accepted to range throughout…
Habitat
S. helodes is said to inhabit flowing waters of all sizes from small headwater streams to main river channels, and during the wet season it migrates into flood…
Aquarium size
Minimum base dimensions of 180 ∗ 45 cm or equivalent are required for long-term care.
Maintenance
All botiids need a well-structured set-up although the actual choice of décor is more-or-less down to personal taste. A natural-style arrangement could include…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
While Syncrossus spp. appear to be chiefly carnivorous by nature they will also eat vegetative matter if available, sometimes including soft-leaved aquatic pla…
Behaviour and compatibility
Can be belligerent and should not be kept with much smaller fishes as they may be intimidated by its size and sometimes very active behaviour. Slow-moving, lon…
Sexual dimorphism
Adult females should be noticeably stockier than males and probably grow larger, too. Other differences have yet to be documented as far as we know.
Reproduction
Appears not to have been bred in aquaria. Presumably a seasonal, migratory spawner in nature.
Notes
This species is sometimes confused with S. hymenophysa, native to the Greater Sunda Islands and Peninsular Malaysia, but differs in several ways, the most imme…
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