Olive barb

The olive barb (Systomus sarana) (Malayalam: കുറുവ/മുണ്ടത്തി) is a species of cyprinid fish native to Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Myanmar. This species can reach a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and sought as a gamefish. It is popular in Bangladesh but unpopular in the aquarium trade.[2]

Olive barb
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Systomus
Species:
S. sarana
Binomial name
Systomus sarana
(F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms

Cyprinus sarana Hamilton, 1822
Barbodes sarana Hamilton, 1822
Barbodes sarana sarana Hamilton, 1822
Barbus sarana Hamilton, 1822
Puntius sarana Hamilton, 1822
Puntius sarana sarana Hamilton, 1822
Barbus diliciosus McClelland, 1839
Barbus polydori Valenciennes, 1842
Barbus roseipinnis Valenciennes, 1842
Puntius roseipinnis Valenciennes, 1842
Barbus kakus Valenciennes, 1842
Barbus gardonides Valenciennes, 1842
Barbus duvaucelii Valenciennes, 1842
Barbus russellii Günther, 1868
Barbus binduchitra Hora, 1937
Puntius saberi Datta & Karmakar, 1981

References
  1. Dahanukar, N. 2010. Systomus sarana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Systomus sarana" in FishBase. November 2014 version.


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