Tinfoil Barb Conservation status: Unknown
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Barbus Species: schwanefeldi
Binomial name
Barbus schwanefeldi (Bleeker, 1853)

The Tinfoil Barb (Barbus schwanefeldi) is a tropical fish belonging to the Barb family (Cyprinidae). Originating in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malayan peninsula, this fish is sometimes kept in the fish keeping hobby. The silver fish has bright, shiny scales and red-orange and black fins. It is one of the largest species of Barbs growing up to 14 inches (36 cm) in length. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... Tinfoil Barb (Barbus schwanefeldi). ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Families Suborder Cobitoidea     Balitoridae (hillstream loaches)     Catostomidae (suckers)     Cobitidae (loaches)     Gyrinocheilidae (algae eaters) Suborder Cyprinoidea     Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the minnows and some related families. ... Genera (many, see text) The family Cyprinidae, named after the Greek word for goldfish, consists of the carps and minnows. ... Species Barbus brevipinnis (Shortfin Barb) Barbus callipterus (Clipper Barb) Barbus conchonius (Rosy Barb) Barbus denisonii (Red Line Torpedo Barb) Barbus nigrofasciatus (Black Ruby Barb) Barbus oligolepis (Checker Barb) Barbus pentazona (Pentazona Barb) Barbus schuberti (Gold Barb) Barbus schwanefeldi (Tinfoil Barb) Barbus tetrazona (Tiger Barb) Barbus ticto (Ticto Barb) Barbus titteya... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Pieter Bleeker (1819 - 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Species Barbus brevipinnis (Shortfin Barb) Barbus callipterus (Clipper Barb) Barbus conchonius (Rosy Barb) Barbus denisonii (Red Line Torpedo Barb) Barbus nigrofasciatus (Black Ruby Barb) Barbus oligolepis (Checker Barb) Barbus pentazona (Pentazona Barb) Barbus schuberti (Gold Barb) Barbus schwanefeldi (Tinfoil Barb) Barbus tetrazona (Tiger Barb) Barbus ticto (Ticto Barb) Barbus titteya... Genera (many, see text) The family Cyprinidae, named after the Greek word for goldfish, consists of the carps and minnows. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... Borneo (including the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ... The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Tanah Melayu) is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial unit of length. ... A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol: cm) is an SI unit of length. ...

The Tinfoil Barb is a schooling species that prefers to be placed with a number of its own species. It prefers living in water with strong currents similar to those found in their native streams. It is also recommended that they be kept with fish of similar size or larger.

The Tinfoil Barb is an active, peaceful species that spends most of its time in the mid-level and bottom of the water. While the fish occasionally eats insects, small fish, worms and crustaceans, it is largely an herbivore that consumes plants, especially tender plants and those that are not adequately rooted into the substrate, and filamentous algae. A greedy eater, it will attempts to fill its mouth with as much food as possible during feedings. In captivity, it will eat almost anything provided to it. A worm is an elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animal. ... Classes Branchiopoda Cephalocarida Malacostraca Maxillopoda Ostracoda Remipedia The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... In zoology, an herbivore is an animal that is adapted to eat primarily plant matter (rather than meat). ... The word substrate can mean the following: In biochemistry, a substrate is a molecule which is acted upon by an enzyme. ... The algae (singular is alga) comprise several different groups of living things that produce energy through photosynthesis. ...

Tinfoil Barbs have a lifespan of 8 to 10 years. They live natively in a tropical climate and prefer water with a 6.5–7.0 pH, a water hardness of up to 10 dGH, and a temperature range of 72–77 °F (22–25 °C). The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... pH is a measure of the activity of hydrogen ions (H+) in a solution and, therefore, its acidity or alkalinity. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... The degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ...

There are no obvious distinquishing characteristics used to determine the sex of the fish. They reproduce by egg scattering of several thousand eggs per spawning. They are not often bred in captivity due to their large size. link title:This article is about biological spawning. ...

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species

A vast number of species of fish have been successfully kept in the home aquarium. ...

References

• "Barbonymus schwanenfeldii". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. April 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• "Barbus schwanefeldi" (TSN 163653). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. N.p.: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, 2004. Accessed on April 28, 2004.
• Lambert, Derek J (1997). Freshwater Aquarium Fish. Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books. pp. 16. ISBN 0-7858-0867-1.
• Sharpe, Shirlie (2004). "Tinfoil Barb." Your Guide to Freshwater Aquariums. Accessed on December 15, 2004.