Olive barb
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| Species: | S. sarana
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| Systomus sarana (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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Cyprinus sarana Hamilton, 1822 | |
The olive barb (Systomus sarana) (Malayalam: കുറുവ/മുണ്ടത്തി) is a species of cyprinid fish native to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Systomus sarana". FishBase. November 2014 version.
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