Cyprinidae

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.