Home›Where they come from›AkahRiverAkahOne profile names the Akah. That is what has been written, not what lives there.Species1Families1Photographed1 of 1Difficulty rated1 of 1That fish is also recorded fromBaramSaribasRuns throughMalaysiaDesmopuntius pentazonaFive-banded BarbCyprinidae · Boulenger, 1894Max length55mm SL2.2in SLTank80 × 30cm31 × 12inTemp21–26°C70–79°FpH4.0–7.0This species is rare in the aquarium trade with the majority of fish available under the name or the vernacular 'pentazona barb' being the closely-related D. hexazona. The two are almost identical in terms of both appearance and meristics but can be separated by the fact that D. pentazona possesses a small dark marking at the posterior base of the dorsal-fin which is absent in D. hexazona.Easy
