Chinese barb

The gold barb is a medium-long barb.

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The Chinese barb lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, pH range: 6.0 - 8.0, dH range: 5 - 19, depth range 0 - 5 m environment.

The Green Barb or Chinese Barb (Puntius semifasciolatus) is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Its native habitat is the Red River basin in southeast China. More

Common names

Barbel in English
Brokadebarbe in Danish (dansk)
Brzanka zielona in Polish (polski)
Brzanka zielona a. siedmioprega in Polish (polski)
China barb in English
Chinese barb in English
Chinese half-striped barb in English
Fa tsak in Cantonese
Fa tsak in Chinese (中文)
Gold barb in English
green barb in English
Grøn kinabarbe in Danish (dansk)
Half-stripes barb in English
Halfbanded barb in English
Hongkongbarbe in German (Deutsch)
Keltabarbi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Mässingbarb in Swedish (Svenska)
Messingbarbe in German (Deutsch)
Messinkibarbi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Parmicka olivová in Czech (česky)
Parmička zelená in Czech (česky)
Puntius semifasciolatus in Italian (Italiano)
Schubert's barb in English
Six-banded barb in English
Tsat kan tsak in Cantonese
Tsat kan tsak in Chinese (中文)
Tsat sing ue in Cantonese
Tsat sing ue in Chinese (中文)
Vietnamesische Messingbarbe in German (Deutsch)
Zelenyi puntius in Russian (русский язык)
Zlatá parmička in Czech (česky)
Зелен барбус in Bulgarian (български език)
五線無鬚魮 in Mandarin Chinese
五线无须魮 in Mandarin Chinese
条纹二须魞 in Mandarin Chinese
条纹二须魮 in Mandarin Chinese
條紋二鬚魞 in Mandarin Chinese
條紋二鬚魮 in Mandarin Chinese
紅目鮘 in Mandarin Chinese
红目鮘 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Puntius
Species : Puntius semifasciolatus
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