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Serial:

1

Name:

SHAR PUTI - OLIVE BARB

French Name:

Scientific Name:

PUNTIUS SARANA

Type:

freshWaterFish

Description:

The olive barb 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 TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and sought as a gamefish