All fish / Cyprinidae

Seven-striped barb

Probarbus jullieni

Also known as jullien's golden carp, seven striped barb, isok barb, jullien's golden price carp, golden price carp, temoleh, seven-line barb, jullien's mud carp, ปลาเอินตาแดง, ปลายี่สก, プロバルブス・ジュリエニ, 七线鲃

A large, powerful river barb with a silvery golden body crossed by five to seven dark horizontal stripes and reddish eyes and fins in some fish. It is kept by keepers of large public or monster-fish aquariums for its calm nature and striking stripes, and it is an important food fish across Southeast Asia.

Care at a glance

Care level

Hard

Temperament

Peaceful

Adult size

60 cm

Temperature

22 to 28 °C

pH

6.5 to 7.8

Smallest tank

3000 litres

Keep as

Group of 3 or more in a very large tank or pond

Diet

Omnivore: sinking pellets, prawns, mussels, snails, vegetables and plant matter

Swims

Bottom of the tank

Lifespan

15 to 20 years

Water

Freshwater

Wild range

Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins and Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang, Perak)

Breeding

In the wild it migrates to spawn over gravel beds in big rivers during the cool dry season. It is bred in hatcheries in Thailand using hormone induction, but breeding in a home aquarium is not realistic.

Good to know

Grows to well over a metre in the wild and needs a huge tank or pond, so juveniles sold as small fish quickly outgrow ordinary aquariums. It is listed on CITES Appendix I and assessed as Critically Endangered, so international trade in wild fish is banned and legal paperwork should be checked.