Melon barb | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Haludaria |
Species: | H. fasciata
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Binomial name | |
Haludaria fasciata (
Jerdon, 1849)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The melon barb (Haludaria fasciata) is a common species of cyprinid fish that is endemic to rivers in Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the Western Ghats of South India. [1] They live in a tropical climate in water that typically has a pH of 6.0—6.5, a water hardness of around 5 dGH, and a temperature range of 22–26 °C (72–79 °F). It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in). This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. [3]
The melon barb is an open water, substrate egg-scatterer, and adults do not guard the eggs. [3] Males in breeding condition flush red and develop fine nuptial tubercles on their snouts, used for bumping and rubbing the females to induce egg release. [4]
Melon barb | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Haludaria |
Species: | H. fasciata
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Binomial name | |
Haludaria fasciata (
Jerdon, 1849)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The melon barb (Haludaria fasciata) is a common species of cyprinid fish that is endemic to rivers in Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the Western Ghats of South India. [1] They live in a tropical climate in water that typically has a pH of 6.0—6.5, a water hardness of around 5 dGH, and a temperature range of 22–26 °C (72–79 °F). It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in). This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. [3]
The melon barb is an open water, substrate egg-scatterer, and adults do not guard the eggs. [3] Males in breeding condition flush red and develop fine nuptial tubercles on their snouts, used for bumping and rubbing the females to induce egg release. [4]