parul (MFSc),HAU

1. NATIONAL FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT
BOARD,HYDERABAD (OFTRI)
TITLE : TIGER BARB
PARUL

2.  SCIENTIFIC NAME: Puntius tetrazona
 Common name : tiger barb
or
( sumatra barb)

3. CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Actinopterigyii
Order : Cypriniforms
Genus : Puntius
Sps. : tetrazonza

4. INTRODUCTION
 Tiger barb is a fresh water ornamental fish.
 Sumatra barb is known as tiger barb because
of tiger like color patterns on body.
 Native fish are silver to brownish yellow with
four vertical black strips & red fin.
 The green barb is the same size and has the
same nature as the normal barb but has a
green body.
 The green barb is called moss green tiger
barb.

5. DESCRIPTION OF TIGER BARB
 Size: 3 inch
 Life span : 5 years
 Tank level : not specific
 Ph : 6.0-7.0
 Temp : 20-26°C
 Diet : Omnivores
 Behavior : schooling behavior
 Breeding :egg layers & egg scatters
 Water hardness : 5-19 GH

6. DISTRIBUTION & HABITAT
 TIGER BARB is species of trophical climatic
fish.
 The natural geographic extends in
INDONESIA & reported in CAMBODIA.
 TIGER BARB have been found in clear or
turbid shallow water.

7. BREEDING
 The tiger barb usually attain sexual maturity
at a body length of 2 -3 cm total length( 6-7
weeks of age).
 The female are larger than male.
 The females have rounded belly and manly
black dorsal fin.

8. The males have a brighter than females, red nose
with and red lines above on their dorsal fin.
The egg layers tend to spawn several 100 eggs in
early morning in clumps of the plant.
 Eggs Average 300 eggs can be expected
from each brooders.

9.  The number of eggs released will
increase with the maturity and size of
fish.
 Eggs are adhesive in nature.
Tiger barb have been documented to
spawn as many as 500 eggs per female.

10. In aquarium
 The tiger barb, an active shoaling fish ,usually
kept in groups of six or more.
 Not recommended for tanks with slower and
more peaceful fishes such as bettas,
gouramis, angel fish and others.
 They compatible with many fast –moving
fishes such as danios, platy, and most cat
fish.

11. They dwell at mid level of water.
Tiger barb do best in soft , slightly acidic water.
Will consume processed food such as flakes and
crisps as well as live food .

12. Identification of male and female

13. Variety of tiger barb
 Albino tiger barb

14. Green tiger barb

15. Golden tiger barb