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'''''Pethia stoliczkana''''', '''Stoliczka's barb''', is a [[freshwater]] [[tropical]] [[cyprinid]] [[fish]] native to the upper [[Mekong River|Mekong]], [[Salween River|Salwen]], [[Ayeyarwady River|Irrawaddy]], [[Meklong River|Meklong]] and upper [[Chao Phraya River|Charo Phraya]] basins in the countries of [[Nepal]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase species |genus= Pethia|species= stoliczkana| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> |
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''P. stoliczkana'' is silver-green with a vertically elongated black blotch behind the gill opening, and a vertically elongated black blotch on the caudal peduncle. The dorsal fin of a sexually active male is red with a black margin and two rows of black spots. It has no barbels and the last simple dorsal ray is serrated posteriorly. It grows to a maximum length of {{convert|5|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name=FishBase/> |
''P. stoliczkana'' is silver-green with a vertically elongated black blotch behind the gill opening, and a vertically elongated black blotch on the caudal peduncle. The dorsal fin of a sexually active male is red with a black margin and two rows of black spots. It has no barbels and the last simple dorsal ray is serrated posteriorly. It grows to a maximum length of {{convert|5|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name=FishBase/> |
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''P. stoliczkana'' is of commercial importance in the fish keeping industry and is used to create hybrid variants of [[tiger barb]]s and other [[barb (fish)|barb]]s. |
''P. stoliczkana'' is of commercial importance in the fish keeping industry and is used to create hybrid variants of [[tiger barb]]s and other [[barb (fish)|barb]]s. |
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This fish is one of many barbs undergoing revisions in their taxonomic classification. This species is frequently confused with ''[[Pethia ticto|P. ticto]]'', the Ticto |
This fish is one of many barbs undergoing revisions in their taxonomic classification. This species is frequently confused with ''[[Pethia ticto|P. ticto]]'', the Ticto barbortwospot barb, a related and similar species from the same geographic region. The whimsical name '''"tic-tac-toe barb"''' is applied to either species. |
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Pethia stoliczkana, Stoliczka's barb, is a freshwater tropical cyprinid fish native to the upper Mekong, Salwen, Irrawaddy, Meklong and upper Charo Phraya basins in the countries of Nepal, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.[2]
P. stoliczkana is silver-green with a vertically elongated black blotch behind the gill opening, and a vertically elongated black blotch on the caudal peduncle. The dorsal fin of a sexually active male is red with a black margin and two rows of black spots. It has no barbels and the last simple dorsal ray is serrated posteriorly. It grows to a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.[2]
P. stoliczkana is of commercial importance in the fish keeping industry and is used to create hybrid variants of tiger barbs and other barbs.
This fish is one of many barbs undergoing revisions in their taxonomic classification. This species is frequently confused with P. ticto, the Ticto barb or twospot barb, a related and similar species from the same geographic region. The whimsical name "tic-tac-toe barb" is applied to either species.