Barbue de rivière vs Cherry Barb

Ictalurus punctatus comparé à Puntius titteya

Taxonomy & Classification

Attribut	Barbue de rivière	Cherry Barb
Nom scientifique	Ictalurus punctatus	Puntius titteya
Ordre	Siluriformes	Cypriniformes
Famille	Ictaluridae	Cyprinidae
Conservation Status	Least Concern	Vulnerable

Physical Traits

Attribut	Barbue de rivière	Cherry Barb
Longueur maximale	132,0 cm	5,0 cm
Poids maximum	26,0 kg	0,002 kg
Couleur	Blue-gray to olive-gray back with silvery-white sides; scattered small black spots on the flanks in juveniles that fade with age; belly creamy-white; deeply forked tail fin is uniformly grayish.	Males are vivid cherry-red over the entire body with a dark mid-lateral stripe from snout to tail; females are pale golden-olive with the same dark stripe; fins reddish to clear.

Habitat & Environment

Attribut	Barbue de rivière	Cherry Barb
Type d'eau	Freshwater	Freshwater
Plage de profondeur	0-15m	—
Aire de répartition	Native to the central and eastern United States and southern Canada, from the Great Lakes south through the Mississippi River basin to the Gulf Coast. …	Endemic to the Kelani River basin in southwestern Sri Lanka. Restricted to shaded, slow-flowing forest streams and small tributaries with dense riparian vegetation; population has …
Habitat	Estuaries	Clear, fast-flowing streams of Sri Lanka and southwestern India. Shallow, oxygen-rich, cool mountain streams (22-26°C) over gravel substrates. Dense riparian vegetation provides cover.

Aquarium Suitability

Attribut	Barbue de rivière	Cherry Barb
Taille minimale de l'aquarium	—	60 L
Température	—	23-27
Plage de pH	—	6.0-8.0
Niveau d'entretien	—	Easy
Tempérament	—	Peaceful

Informations sur la pêche

Attribut	Barbue de rivière	Cherry Barb
Poisson de pêche sportive	Oui	Non
Cote de combativité	5/10	—
Record du monde	—	—
Teneur en mercure	—	—

Cuisine & Edibility

Barbue de rivière

Firm, moist white flesh with a mild, sweet flavor and very low fat. A Southern U.S. staple — beloved deep-fried with cornmeal batter; also excellent grilled or blackened.

Cherry Barb

Not consumed — ornamental aquarium fish listed as Vulnerable in the wild; kept for its cherry-red coloration and peaceful schooling nature.

Species Overview

Barbue de rivière

The channel catfish is the most abundant and widely fished catfish species in North America. It has a keen sense of smell, with taste buds distributed across its entire body, enabling it to locate food in murky water.

Cherry Barb

The cherry barb is a small, colorful fish native to Sri Lanka's shaded forest streams. Males develop an intense cherry-red coloration during breeding. Listed as Vulnerable due to habitat loss and over-collection for the aquarium trade.