Sixband barb
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| Puntius pentazona (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) |
The sixband barb (Puntius pentazona) is a tropical fish belonging to the Barb genus of the minnow family. It is a native of the Mekong basin of Southeast Asia, and peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, and Borneo. They are also referred to as Barbus hexazona.
The fish superficially resembles the tiger barb, except that there are six black vertical bands on an orange or gold body instead of four bands on the tiger barb. The fish will grow to a maximum length of 2 in (5.5 cm).
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- "Puntius pentazona". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
