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Tiger barb
Selectively bredCommon in the tradeBeginner to keep

GloFish tiger barb

A variant of Tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona)

GloFish tiger barb

Representative Tiger barbphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.

Patented fluorescent line carrying inserted fluorescent-protein genes, sold in colors like Electric Green and Sunburst Orange; the fluorescence is heritable, not dyed.

Keeper tips for this variant

Color pops under blue/actinic LED lighting; it is illegal to breed or sell GloFish offspring, so keep them purely as a display school.

This page covers the GloFish tiger barb variant. For full husbandry, water params, diet and health —General care: Tiger barb

Other Barbs variants

Wild / standardGreen (moss) tiger barbAlbino tiger barbGold (golden) tiger barbLongfin tiger barbWild / standard tiger barb