Freshwater Fish
Roseline Shark.
The roseline shark is a torpedo-shaped fish with a bold red-and-black stripe, peaceful despite the name and far more demanding than it looks. Native to fast-flowing hill streams in India, it needs cool, well-oxygenated water with current — keep a school of six or more in a 55-gallon-plus tank.
We keep this species at our Erie store. Come and see it in the tanks, or call (814) 456-9445 and ask what we have in right now.
Sea Cave keeps this species. You will find these in the tanks at 660 East 14th Street in Erie. We never ship live animals.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
We never ship fish, coral, or invertebrates — every animal here is one you meet in person. Each one is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it goes out into the display tanks. This is a species we keep, and what is swimming on any given day changes with the deliveries, so please call (814) 456-9445 before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 6"
- Min tank size
- 55 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Sahyadria denisonii
Good tank mates
Despite the 'shark' name, the roseline shark is peaceful and community-safe, and it's best kept in an active group of six or more rather than singly. It pairs well with other lively, similarly-sized fish that enjoy current: larger tetras, barbs, danios, rainbowfish, and bottom-dwellers like larger corydoras. Avoid slow or very timid fish that its fast pace would stress, plus anything aggressive or large enough to eat it. It wants cool, oxygen-rich water with flow, so match it with fish that like the same.
Good to know
The roseline shark is native to fast-flowing hill streams in the Western Ghats of India, where cool, well-oxygenated water shaped its torpedo build and love of current.
What is in the tanks and each animal's temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice.
Good tankmates
Plays well with.
Species we’d keep in the same tank, with why each pairing works. What is in the tanks and each animal’s temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for advice on pairing.
New to stocking a tank? Read our guide on which fish live together.
Bronze Cory
Peaceful, armored bottom-dwellers that share compatible water parameters with Roseline Sharks and occupy an entirely different tank zone. Their armored plates protect them from any incidental contact with boisterous roselines, and they pose zero aggression or fin-nipping risk in return. This is a universally accepted community pairing with no documented compatibility problems.
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Rosy Barb
Temperature range (64–75°F) aligns closely with Roseline Shark preferences (optimal 72–75°F), making it one of the best parameter matches available. Both are short-finned, active schooling barbs of comparable size, which removes the long trailing fin trigger that typically drives barb fin-nipping behavior. Kept in groups of 6+, they school actively alongside roselines without the chronic stress or harassment associated with more aggressive barb species.
Visit the store
660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.