Zona
Bedotia geayi
Closest relatives | Perch family, silversides (60 species) |
Habitat | Flowing waters between 300 and 650 meters above sea level |
Behaviour | in small shoals of up to 12 animals |
Diet | Insects, invertebrates, occasionally plant parts |
Body length | up to 15 cm |
Spawn | Eggs are deposited among delicate aquatic plants |
Breeding period | 4 to 5 days |
Life expectancy | unknown |
Use | Fishing |
Current status | Decreasing distribution, in decline |
At Zurich Zoo since | 2008 |
geographic range
Sponsors
V. Dittli, Erstfeld |