FreshwaterBrackish
Stone moroko
Pseudorasbora parva
Gobionidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 12.5 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 59 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in China, Hong Kong SAR China, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, and South Korea.
Introduced to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, and 31 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Found in a wide variety of habitats, most abundantly in well vegetated small channels, ponds and small lakes. Adults occur in cool running water. Feed on small insects, fish and fish eggs, and plant material. Usually breed in habitats with still or very slow-flowing water. Females spawn 3-4 times in a season. Males clear the surface of the spawning site and guard the eggs until they hatch. Regarded as pest which competes with the fry of other species due to its high reproductive rate.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Fundulus virescens
- Leuciscus parvus
- Micraspius mianowskii
- Pseudorasbora altipinna
- Pseudorasbora depressirostris
- Pseudorasbora fowleri
In other languages
- Bandslätting
- Båndgrundling
- Saharasbora
- False razbora, Stone moroco, Stone morokos, Topmouth gudgeon, Topmouth minnow
Articles
All articles
How to set up an Asian aquarium5 min read
Two aquariums from Southeast Asia: calm forest streams and peat swamps with soft, brown water, and fast mountain streams with cool, oxygen-rich water.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
Ich (white spot)4 min read
The most common disease in aquarium fish. How to recognize it, why it shows up, and how to get rid of it.