Freshwater Fish
Scissortail Rasbora.
A silvery, active rasbora named for its scissoring, black-and-white forked tail. Peaceful and beginner-easy; keep an energetic group in a 20-gallon-plus tank with room to swim and a lid, since they're jumpers.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 4"
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Rasbora trilineata
Good tank mates
Scissortails are peaceful and community-safe, and being active, slightly larger rasboras they suit a roomier community tank. Good matches are other peaceful, active fish: larger tetras, other rasboras, corydoras, peaceful barbs like cherry barbs, and peaceful gouramis. A few real examples are harlequin rasboras, lemon tetras, and bronze cories. Avoid aggressive or much larger fish, steer clear of known fin-nippers, and don't pair them with anything big enough to eat them.
Good to know
The scissortail rasbora is named for its deeply forked tail, whose black-and-white lobes open and close like scissors as it swims.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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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.