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The fire barb (Puntius conchonius), this member of the carp family, has been kept in amateur aquariums for more than 100 years. In nature, fire barbs inhabit stagnant and slowly flowing water bodies of Bangladesh, northern India (Bengal and Assam) and some other countries of Southeast Asia. The fish are quite common and often found within their range. Preferring bodies of water with clean, clear, oxygenated water. The species was first described by naturalist-explorer Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822. Fire barbs were brought to Europe only in 1903. On the territory of the former USSR, they began to breed them already in the distant twenties of the last century. The fire barb is not a large fish. In nature, its maximum size reaches 15 cm, in an aquarium it usually does not exceed 6-8 cm. Compressed from the sides, the body of the fire barb has the correct, classic shape for fish. Mouth small, antennae absent. The common name "fiery" is given to the barb for the color of the male during the spawning period. Its back is olive-green, its sides and abdomen are copper-red, and there is a black spot on the caudal peduncle above the anal fin. The scales are shiny, shimmering in different colors in reflected light. The upper part of the dorsal fin is black, and the lower part is painted in the same fiery color as the main part of the body. There are black spots on the anal and ventral fins.