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Cá mao tiên vs Zebra Danio

Pterois volitans so sánh với Danio rerio

Taxonomy & Classification

Thuộc tính Cá mao tiên Zebra Danio
Tên khoa học Pterois volitans Danio rerio
Bộ Scorpaeniformes Cypriniformes
Họ Scorpaenidae Danionidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Least Concern

Physical Traits

Thuộc tính Cá mao tiên Zebra Danio
Chiều dài tối đa 38,0 cm 5,0 cm
Cân nặng tối đa 1,1 kg 0,001 kg
Màu sắc White to cream body with alternating bold reddish-brown and white vertical bands; fan-like pectoral fins are banded with red-brown and white spots; long dorsal spines are striped and venomous. Silver to pale gold body with five continuous horizontal royal-blue stripes running from gill to tail tip, including through the fins; belly silvery-white; fins clear with blue-gold striping.

Habitat & Environment

Thuộc tính Cá mao tiên Zebra Danio
Loại nước Saltwater Freshwater
Phạm vi độ sâu 2-55m —
Phân bố địa lý Native to the Indo-Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to southern Japan, Australia, and the Marquesas. Invasive in the western Atlantic and Caribbean … Native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Myanmar. Inhabits fast-flowing hill streams, rice paddies, and shallow ponds across the …
Môi trường sống Neritic, coral reefs Fast-flowing, clear mountain streams of the Ganges-Brahmaputra region, India and Bangladesh. Clean, well-oxygenated, shallow water with sandy and gravelly substrate (18-26°C). Lab model organism.

Aquarium Suitability

Thuộc tính Cá mao tiên Zebra Danio
Kích thước bể tối thiểu — 40 L
Nhiệt độ — 18-24
Phạm vi pH — 6.0-8.0
Mức độ chăm sóc — Easy
Tính cách — Peaceful

Cuisine & Edibility

Cá mao tiên

Sweet, buttery white flesh once spines are safely removed; increasingly promoted as a sustainable food source in Atlantic waters where it is an invasive species.

Zebra Danio

Not consumed — a hardy ornamental aquarium fish notable for its horizontal blue-silver stripes and active schooling behavior; also a widely used laboratory model organism.

Species Overview

Cá mao tiên

The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific. Its ornate, striped body and fan-like pectoral fins make it popular in aquariums, but it has become a destructive invasive species in the western Atlantic and Caribbean.

Zebra Danio

The zebrafish is a small cyprinid native to South Asia's freshwater streams. Its distinctive blue-and-gold horizontal stripes and hardy nature make it a popular aquarium fish. It is also the most widely used vertebrate model organism in genetic research.

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