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Glowlight danio
Danio choprae
3 cm
Adult size
90 L
Minimum volume
8
Minimum group
4 years
Lifespan
Water parameters
Understand these values- Genus
- Danio
- Diet
- omnivore
- Social life
- shoal
In the wild
Overview
Named after Dr B. N. Chopra, who collected the first specimens, this small orange-and-black danio, sometimes placed in the genus Celestichthys, reached the hobby around 2003 and soon became one of the most popular dwarf danios. It is now bred commercially.
- Scientific name
- Danio choprae Hora, 1928
- Classification
- Cypriniformes › Danionidae
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern (LC)
Natural habitat
Northern Myanmar: Mogaung Chaung basin (Kachin State), a tributary of the Irrawaddy
Observations (GBIF) and localities Native countries Rivers and lakes
It prefers small hill streams with gravel and rocky bottoms; it has also been found in a clear-water pool with a muddy, plantless bottom at the foot of a hill.
Behaviour
Very peaceful and undemanding about water quality, it suits a community tank with other small cyprinids, tetras, livebearers, rainbowfish, anabantoids and loaches. It mainly hunts insects: dry food, supplemented with small live or frozen prey.
Sources:FishBase Seriously Fish GBIF · Base map: Natural Earth