Common name(s): Dadio, orange hatchetfish, three spot hatchetfish.

Scientific name(s): Chela dadiburjori

Family: Cyprinidae

Origin: Tamil Nadu to Goa in India.

Maximum size: 3cm (female) 4cm (male)

Ideal Temperature: 71 - 75° F (22 - 24°C)

Description: Very similar in shape to danios. The body is a golden yellow with a orange stripe running along the lateral line, which has three, large, navy blue spots along it spaced evenly.

Feeding: Will accept flake floods. Loves live foods such as bloodworms, glass worms and daphnia.

Breeding: Hard, egg-scattering. They will spawn at the top of the tank in between plants. Raising fry is extremely difficult and often impossible.

Note: Very Difficult to keep, defiantly not a beginners fish. Dadios should only be kept in large tanks, in large schools(10 or more). This fish inhabits the upper water levels, and requires some floating plants and or plants that grow up to the surface on the backs and sides of a tank. The water should be neutral or slightly acidic, and not too hard. A good filtration system and frequent small water changes are necessary, in polluted water the fish will soon perish. The main difficulty for keeping these fish are the water conditions, they are highly sensitive to slight changes in the waters chemistry.

The species has large wing like pectoral fins.