Aphaniidae

Farsi tooth-carp

Esmaeilius persicus

Four Point Nine Centimeters Carp of the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Brackish fish
• Indian Ocean
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Farsi tooth-carp is known around Western Indian Ocean as a brackish-water fish; It occurs in brackish waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 4.9 cm.