Red Line Torpedo Barb [Puntius Denisonii]

The red lined torpedo barb, roseline shark, bleeding eye barb, or Denison's barb (Puntius denisonii)is a subtropical fish minnow family is the tongue. Hill's income and the rapid flow of the river in the southern state of Kerala in India.
Scientific classification : Animalia / Chordata / Actinopterygii / Cypriniformes / Cyprinidae / Puntius / P.denisonii.
Binomial name : Puntius denisonii.
Synonyms : Barbus denisonii, Crossocheilus denisonii and Barbus denisoni.


Physical properties

Fish torpedo-shaped body with a silver table, rows of red nose, eyes, around the middle of the body, and below the red line, black line along the fish's tail. In a unique development of the green / blue marks on the head. Fish grow to the maximum length of 15 cm (6 inches). His eyes are included in the three rows of white, red and black.


Habitat

Red line torpedo cynical people who live in sub-tropical in the water pH value of 8 June-8 July, the fifth of the water - 25 DGH and the temperature range 65-79 ° function f (18-26 ℃). According to Practical Fishkeeping in January 2009, new research groups, and Indian scientists believe that overfishing is a species of water trade, so that they may be at risk of extinction. Government of Kerala in India has banned fishing of endangered Puntius denisonii. Fortunately, more and more sports denisonii the captive breeding of ornamental fish trade, both in India and elsewhere.


Name source

Initially known as the red line torpedo fish Cirrhinus denisonii day in the House in 1865. He is also known as carp denisonii, Crossocheilus denisonii and carp denisoni.