Kami barb

Puntius kamalika

Carp Reaching Seven Point Three Centimeters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
South Asia
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Puntius kamalika, Sri Lanka Kamalika's barb, is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in Sri Lanka. The fish is named in honor of Kamalika "Kami" Abeyaratne (1934–2004), a Sri Lankan pediatrician who became an AIDS activist after she contracted the disease HIV through a contaminated blood transfusion given to her following a near-fatal traffic accident.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Puntius
Maximum length: 7.3 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: Sri Lanka: widely distributed in the wet-zone lowlands of Sri Lanka (rainfall >2,500 mm yr-1), where it occurs in streams, rivers and marshes between the Kelani-River basin draining to the island’s west, and the Gin River basin to the south.

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