Thread: Silver Barb

Silver Barb

Barbonymus gonionotus

Diet

Feeds on plant matter (e.g. leaves, weeds , Ipomea reptans and Hydrilla ) and invertebrates.

Migration

Potamodromous . A migratory species but not considered to be a long-distance migrant. Regarded as local migrant which moves from the Mekong up into small streams and canals and onto flooded areas during the rainy season and back again during receding water. Some reports indicated that upstream migration of this fish is triggered by the first rains and rising water levels. When it finds a tributary, canal or stream it moves upstream and eventually onto flooded areas. When water recedes, it migrates back into canals and streams and into the Mekong again.

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Thailands Freshwater Fish