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| Scientific Name | Hara hara (Hamilton, 1822) |
| Common Name(s) | Moth Catfish |
| Type Locality | Nathpur in West Bengal, [not Kosi R., India]. |
| Synonym(s) | Erethistes hara, Hara saharsai, Pimelodus hara |
| Pronunciation | ha rah - ha rah |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 60mm (2.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The erethistid catfish genus Hara consists of small to medium sized catfishes with a brown cryptic coloration and heavily tuberculate skin.Species of Hara are diagnosed from other members of the family in having an anteroventral flange on the ventral surface of the complex centrum and the parapophysis of the fifth vertebra with a vertical lamina (de Pinna, 1996). The genus has been recorded from the Ganges-Brahmaputra river drainages eastwards to the Salween River drainage in western Thailand (Hora, 1950; Kottelat, 1989; Ukkatawewat & Vidthayanon, 1998). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: India and Nepal. Reported from Bangladesh. Indian waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Nepal Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.5 |
| Temperature | 12.0-28.0°C or 53.6-82.4°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | dH 20 |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | All Hara are known to take prepared food but prefer live food like bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp etc. May need some effort to gradually get weaned off live foods. Spot feeding will help in case tank mates are voracious feeders. |
| Compatibility | Care should be taken while choosing their tankmates as these fish are extremely poor at competing for food. There will be a little aggression between congeners sometimes. This can be ignored as the it doesn't result in anything serious. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Peaceful Cyprinids like Puntius and Balitorine loaches like Schistura or Nemacheilus species. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Fishes Ganges - pp190, 378 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) daniel60, (2) cymrucat (k: 4), who also notes: "I LOVE THESE FISH, they are so calm and funny with their easy 'chilled out' swimming method. They are currently in tropical tanks 2 in 1 and 2 in the other.But might change them to cold on reading this. Their patterning is beautiful.", (3) Trident2004, (4) Sasquatch, (5) firlefanz, (6) DutchFry (k: 2), (7) Ill, (8) Khalid (p: 2), (9) fischkringli, (10) xobxes, (11) beta, (12) nature_lover (k: 6), (13) oanes (k: 2), (14) tijani, (15) arapaimag (k: 2), (16) Apostolis. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2012 Feb 27 12:38 (species record created: 2006 Dec 24 16:18) |
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