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Sumatra Barb

Puntigrus tetrazona

Also known as: Green Tiger Barb, Moss Green Tiger Barb, Partbelt Barb, Tiger Barb

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
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Adult
@faviojesus · home, United States · September 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found in schools, over canals, ditches, flooded fields, rivers and streams.
Widespread Asia

Very common in the aquarium trade.
Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in schools, over canals, ditches, flooded fields, rivers and streams.

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Adult photos 4

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  • fishx6Top Contributor· 2 Dec 2014

    Your fish has been named, check it out in your gallery!

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusPuntigrus
  7. speciesPuntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)

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