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Families
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Sexually-mature adult male individual.

Barilius bakeri

Cyprinidae · Day, 1865

Max length
130mm SL5in SL
Tank
150 × 60cm60 × 24in
Temp
18–26°C64–79°F
pH
6.0–7.5

Barilius bakeri is a fast-swimming cyprinid endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with records from many rivers in Kerala and Karnataka. It is traded as 'royal danio', 'blue-spotted hill trout' and 'blue-dotted mirror fish', and has a single row of bluish-green spots that get smaller with age. Its well-oxygenated, fast-flowing rivers are being polluted and degraded by exotic species and sand mining.

Moderate
Subadult; commercial strain.

Sahyadria denisoniiRed-line Torpedo Barb

Cyprinidae · (Day, 1865)

Max length
110mm SL4in SL
Tank
120 × 45cm48 × 18in
Temp
15–25°C59–77°F
pH
6.5–7.8

The red-line torpedo barb, Sahyadria denisonii, is a cyprinid endemic to Kerala and Karnataka in southern India. Extremely popular since it appeared in the trade in the late 1990s, it is listed as Endangered by the IUCN, and collection for the aquarium trade has been held largely responsible for its decline. Large numbers are produced in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. The similar S. chalakkudiensis is occasionally traded as this species and is more belligerent.

Moderate