Olive barb

Olive barb
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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

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]

References[]

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

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[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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Olive barb

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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