Familia: Balitoridae
Vanmanenia lineata es un balítórido de agua dulce originario de arroyos de montaña del S de China. Alcanza 7.4–10.8 cm; temperatura 18–26 °C.
A Balitoridae species native to southern Chinese mountain streams: Vanmanenia lineata lives bottom-dwelling on rock surfaces over fast-flowing mountain streams, clinging to rocks. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch. Adults reach 7.4–10.8 cm. It is one of the aquarium-kept Vanmanenia species we profile, alongside Vanmanenia pingchowensis, Vanmanenia stenosoma, Vanmanenia gymnetrus.
Dificultad media. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch; Singly or in a loose group on open rockwork.
18–26 °C con estabilidad; pH 6.5–7.5, GH 5–15 dGH.
De adulto mide 7.4–10.8 cm. Vive bottom-dwelling on rock surfaces, así que 140 L o más.
Grazes rock surfaces; feed spirulina-rich foods. Forraja sobre bare rock and coarse gravel: deja que parte del alimento llegue al fondo.
Calm but assertive around its chosen perch. Compañeros recomendados: Other cool-water stream fish — Share the need for oxygen and flow. Evita Large aggressive cichlids — Disrupt the calm grazing regime.
De arroyos de montaña del S de China: fast-flowing mountain streams, clinging to rocks, con very strong, highly oxygenated current.
Spawning unknown in home aquaria. Difficult to distinguish.