Zebra Fish

About The Fish

zebrafish or Danio rerio one of the fresh water fishes the fish belong to minnow family (Cyprinidae) zebrafish is native to the streams of the southeastern Himalayan region,including the countries India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, It commonly inhabits streams, canals, ditches, ponds, and slow-moving to stagnant water bodies, including rice fields.

 Description 

The fish is name come from the five uniform, pigmented, horizontal blue stripes on the side of the body, all of which extend to the end of the caudal fin.Males are torpedo shaped and have gold stripes between the blue stripes females have a larger whitish belly and have silver stripes instead of gold.The zebrafish can grow to 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in)Life-span in captivity is around 2–3 years .

 Behavior 

 zebra fish is good fish for beginners its playful fish like to kept in groups of 6 members or more and its generally peacful fish.

Temperature  

the temperature should be between 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)

Tank 

the fish should be kept in tank of 15 gallons or more

Diet 

zebra fish is omnivorous in wild they feed on zooplankton , insects and insect larvae, and phytoplankton also worms and small crustaceans and they eat flakes and tubifex worms