Ticto barb

Two-point bar ( Pethia ticto )

The two-point bar ( Pethia ticto ( Syn: Puntius ticto ) ) is a freshwater fish of the carp family (Cyprinidae ). The large circulation area covers the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Burma ( Irrawaddy and Salween ) and Thailand (upper Chao Phraya and upper Mekong ). The Style epithet ticto was awarded after an indigenous name ( " ticto - sophore ").

Features

The two-point bar is ten inches long. Your body is typical of small South Asian barbels. With age, the fish are deep-bodied. Your back is olive-gray colored to grass green, the flanks are silvery, the white belly. The name derives from the small, elongated, transversely standing dark spot on the pectoral fins and the larger, gold- bordered spot above the anal fin end on the caudal peduncle. Outside the spawning season, all fins are colorless to pale greenish, pelvic fins and anal fins are reddish during the spawning period. The males get a fawn-colored abdomen, the eye is blood red above. The dorsal fin is black spotted mostly in the margin. The lateral line is incomplete. Barbels are lacking.

• Fins formula: Dorsal: 3/ 8; Anal: 2 / 5th
• Dandruff formula: MLR 23-26, SL 6-8.

Way of life

The two-point barbel near the shore in shallow, slow-flowing waters, usually with muddy bottoms. It feeds on crustaceans, insects and plankton and search for their food primarily on the seabed. In the reproduction the female lays a total of about 150 eggs, which are stored in individual servings to about 20 eggs. The larvae hatch, depending on water temperature after 24 to 30 hours and swim freely after four to five days.

System

The two-point bar originally belonged to the genus Puntius and thence to the named after the Rosy Barb and about 20 closely related species P. comprehensive conchonius - type group. In 2012, the species group was raised under the name Pethia in the genus rank. According to their large distribution area, the species is varied and there are many different color morphs. Lately some have been described occurring in border areas of India and so far counted to Pethia ticto forms as distinct species. These include Pethia muvattupuzhaensis, Pethia nigripinnis and Pethia pookodensis.