Zebra fish - Brachydanio rerio

The specie is spread in the eastern India. Inbrachydanio arerio aquaria it is known as zebra fish. They have a slender body, medium oblate flanks; the mouth is in the superior part of the body, showing us that it is a fish for the surface of the water, or for the medium level. It has 2 pairs of mustaches. The female is larger than the male, reaching 4.5 cm length. The male is more slender and the female has a larger abdominal area.

For males, the background is golden and for females it is white-yellow. On lateral sides it has 4 transversal lines colored in blue. The lines cover the entire body and tail, even the anal fin. The abdomen is white and the dorsal fin is olive-yellow with blue hem. The unpaired fins are color less.

It`s easy to reproduce, following the same steps as for Brachydanio albolineatus.

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