Pethia stoliczkana

Sunspot Barbe ( Pethia stoliczkana )

The sunspot Barbe ( Pethia stoliczkana ( Syn: Puntius stoliczkanus ) ) is a freshwater fish of the carp family (Cyprinidae ). Its distribution area covers the basin of the Irrawaddy, Salween and the Lake Inle in Burma, the basin of the upper Mekong River and the upper Chao Phraya in Thailand and Laos. The Style epithet stoliczkanus was awarded honor of the collector of the type specimens Ferdinand Stoliczka.

Features

The sunspot bar is five to six inches long. Your body is typical of the species Puntius species. Your back is light olive - up moss green colored, the sides are silvery and glistening according to lighting yellowish to bluish, the scales on the body sides have dark edges, the belly is white. Behind the gill cover there is a brown to deep black, teardrop-shaped spot, followed by a golden field. Another black spot is located on the caudal peduncle above the anal fin end. The pectoral fins are colorless, the caudal fin has a yellow root. Pelvic fins and anal fin are slightly reddish. In females, the dorsal fin is slightly red, blood red in males with a black first dorsal spine, a black upper margin and some black patch or spot rows. The lateral line is complete. Barbels are lacking. The last unbranched dorsal fin ray is cut at its rear edge.

• Fins formula: Dorsal: 2-3/8; Anal: 2 /5; Pectoral: 14; Ventral: 9
• Dandruff formula: MLR 23-25 ​​.

System

The sunspot Barbe 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. This group was now under the name Pethia a separate genus.