All fish / Danionidae

Annandale's danio

Devario annandalei

Also known as annandale's danio, annandale danio, annandalei danio, danio annandalei, bengal danio, アナンダレイ・デバリオ, 安南大斑马鱼

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A slim, silvery danio with blue and yellowish stripes along the flanks and vertical bars near the head, similar in look to the giant danio but smaller. It is kept for its hardiness and its constant, lively swimming in the upper water column of larger community tanks.

Care at a glance

Care level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Adult size: 8 cm
Temperature: 18 to 25 °C
pH: 6.5 to 7.5
Smallest tank: 120 litres
Keep as: Shoal of 8 or more
Diet: Omnivore: quality flakes and micro pellets, plus live or frozen bloodworm, daphnia and brine shrimp
Swims: Top of the tank
Lifespan: 3 to 5 years
Water: Freshwater
Wild range: Bangladesh, India and Myanmar (coastal river drainages)

Breeding

An egg scatterer that gives no parental care and will eat its own eggs. Spawning is fairly easy in a separate tank with fine-leaved plants or mesh over the base, with the adults taken out once the eggs are laid.

Good to know

It is very active and fast, so it needs a long tank with a tight lid and can unsettle slow or long-finned tankmates. Much of the stock sold under this name may be mislabelled, as it is often confused with Devario malabaricus and Devario aequipinnatus.