Olive barb
Olive barb | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Systomus |
Species: | S. sarana |
Binomial name | |
Systomus sarana (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
Synonyms | |
Cyprinus sarana Hamilton, 1822 |
The olive barb (Systomus sarana) (Malayalam: കുറുവ/മുണ്ടത്തി) is a species of cyprinid fish native to Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka with reports also from Thailand and Myanmar. This species can reach a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries as well as being sought after as a gamefish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade though it is not very popular.[2]
References
- ↑ Dahanukar, N. 2010. Puntius sarana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Systomus sarana" in FishBase. November 2014 version.