Cyprinidae: Barbus Tetrazona (Red)

Thursday 12 July 2012

Barbus Tetrazona (Red)

The tiger barb can grow to about 7 centimeters long (2.75 in) and 3 centimeters wide,(1.18 in), although they are often smaller when kept in captivity. Native fish are silver to brownish yellow with four vertical black stripes and red fins and snout. The green tiger barb is the same size and has the same nature as the normal barb, but has a green body. The green tiger barb, often called the moss green tiger barb, can vary considerably in how green it looks; to some people it looks nearly black. Albino barbs are a light yellow with four barely visible stripesThe current taxonomic status of the species is far from being settled.There has been debate over the years as to the appropriate genus and species for this fish. In 1855, the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker described this fish as Barbus tetrazona. In 1857