Cigar shark
Leptobarbus hoevenii
- Tank length
- 300 cmabout 10 ft (118 in)
- Group
- 5+
- Temperature
- 23–26 °C73–79 °F
- pH
- 6–8
- Adult size
- 45 cm18 in
- Lifespan
- 8–15 yrs
Sold small but a powerful schooling river fish that keeps growing; needs a group and a very long tank or pond.Sold small but a powerful schooling river fish that keeps growing; needs a group and a very long tank or pond.
Tank sizes
Good tankmates
Avoid with
- Irian Jaya rainbowfish
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Altum angelfish
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Arapaima
Arapaima may eat Cigar sharkArapaima may eat Cigar shark
- Channel catfish
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Chocolate zebra pleco
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
DiscusNo shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Flowerhorn cichlid
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Hogchoker
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Longear sunfish
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Orinoco peacock bass
No shared temperature rangeNo shared temperature range
- Paroon shark
Paroon shark may eat Cigar sharkParoon shark may eat Cigar shark
- Piraiba
Piraiba may eat Cigar sharkPiraiba may eat Cigar shark
Data used by the planner
| Temperature | 23–26 | AqAdvisor (aqadvisor.com), retrieved 2026-10-04; agrees with FishBase (fishbase.se), retrieved 2026-10-04 · medium confidence |
|---|---|---|
| pH | 6–8 | AqAdvisor (aqadvisor.com), retrieved 2026-10-04 · medium confidence |
| Hardness (dGH) | 5–12 | AqAdvisor (aqadvisor.com), retrieved 2026-10-04 · medium confidence |
| Origin | Mekong and Chao Phraya basins and Sundaland, Southeast Asia | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · low confidence |
| Beginner friendly | No | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Care level | advanced | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Activity | active | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Swimming level | middle | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Temperament | peaceful | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Nips fins | No | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Long fins | No | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Territorial | No | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Lives in groups | Yes | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Minimum group | 5 | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Diet | omnivore | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Lifespan (years) | 8–15 | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · low confidence |
| Months to adult size | 30 | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · low confidence |
| Safe with plants | No | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |
| Minimum tank length | 300 | curated-v0 (needs expert review) · medium confidence |