Bowstripe barb

The males become golden in colour while the females remain silver-brown.

The Bowstripe barb lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, pH range: 6.5 - 7.0, dH range: 10 environment.

Nothing known about the Bowstripe barb

Common names

Boogstreep-ghieliemientjie in Afrikaans
Bowstripe barb in English
Lisangisangi in Lwena
Lisangisangi in Other
Matemba in Nyanja
Nahtbarbe in German (Deutsch)
Natalinbarbi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Parmička dvojpruhá in Czech (česky)
Parmicka živorodá in Czech (česky)
Parmička ruvumská in Czech (česky)
Parmička živorodá in Czech (česky)
Saumabarbi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Schneiderbarbe in German (Deutsch)
Skrædderbarbe in Danish (dansk)
Zhivorodyaschiy in Russian (русский язык)
弓線魮 in Mandarin Chinese
弓线魮 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Barbus
Species : Barbus viviparus
Authority : Weber, 1897