🐟 Short Body Golden Tiger Barb (Puntigrus tetrazona var. “Gold” — Short Body)
 Freshwater Barb • Active Schooling • Community Fish • Color Morph 
 
📋 The Short Body Golden Tiger Barb is a designer morph of Puntigrus tetrazona combining a compact, rounder body with a shimmering gold body tone and contrasting dark bars. The short-body conformation boosts presence and color saturation, creating a bright centerpiece in planted aquariums.
Social and energetic, this morph thrives in schools of six or more, which diffuses nippy behavior and encourages synchronized shoaling. Provide clean, well-oxygenated water, moderate flow, and planting with open lanes for constant activity.
Against darker substrates and soft lighting, the metallic gold sheen intensifies, delivering vivid contrast and motion in community setups.
 
💡 Highlights
✨ Compact Show Form: Short body amplifies bold golden color
⚪ Peaceful When Schoaling: Best behavior in groups of 6+
📏 Great Community Fit: Works well in 80 L+ planted tanks
✅ Captive-Bred Morph: Hardy, adaptable, sustainable
🐟 High-Impact Color: Gold body with dark vertical bars