Olive barb

Olive barb
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 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

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

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