Barbatula toni
Summary
Scientific name: Barbatula toni (Dybowski, 1869) Common name: Siberian Stone Loach
Synonyms: Cobitis toni, Nemacheilus toni
Distribution: Korea, China, Siberia, Japan
Sexual Dimorphism: Females are
generally larger with a rounder abdomen.
Maximum size: 6.5 inches (16cm)
Similar to: Barbatula barbatula.
Care: The aquarium should have a decent flow
rate and be well-oxygenated. A substrate of fine sand to allow digging and lots
of smooth rounded pebbles and numerous shelters such as bogwood and slate.
Feeding: Most foods accepted. Commercial sinking formulations and bottom-dwelling live-foods. Frozen foods such as Bloodworm, Brine shrimp, Daphnia.
Water parameters: pH: 6.0-7.5 Hardness: Soft-medium Max dh: 12
Temperature: 57.2ºF to 64.4ºF (14-18°C) Colder in Winter
Breeding: None reported in aquarium. Reported
as spawning once a year in streams with low food production, but exhibits
multiple spawning within a season if food productivity is high in a particular
stream. Eggs are a dull white and laid among stones and water plants.
Notes
Not really suitable for a domestic aquarium due to low temperature requirements.
Regarded by many
scientists as being a sub-species of Barbatula
barbatula, or possibly the same species. Lives in multiple rivers and
lakes throughout range. Known to eat benthic crustaceans, molluscs, worms, fish
eggs and fry in the wild.
Sensitive to pollution and low oxygen levels, therefore, its presence in a river can be taken as an indication of good water quality.
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