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Scientific Name: Pethia ticto (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Puntius ticto (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Ticto barb
Local/Bangla Name: Tit puti (তিত পুঁটি)
Bonyfish : Pethia ticto

Photo: iNaturalist

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Fin formula: D ii 8; A ii 5; P i 12; V i 8. Body is elongated. Mouth is short and terminal. barbels are absent. Dorsal fin inserted posterior to base of pelvic fin with its last unbranched ray osseous, strong and serrated at posterior edge. Pectoral fin with a black spot; lateral line complete with 23 scales. Blackish-grey to grassy-green when alive; margins brilliant shining silver; a long transverse black spot above the pectoral fin and another alike but goldenedged is present on caudal peduncle over the end of anal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in small streams, canals, beels, ponds, ditches and inundated fields throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+360

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Ahmed A, Rahman MM, Mandal S (2015) Biodiversity of Hillstream fishes in Bangladesh. Zootaxa. 3700. 283-92. 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.2.6.

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Zhilik AA (2020) Molecular diversity of freshwater fishes of Bangladesh assessed by DNA barcoding. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 1-19.

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

iNaturalist (2008) Pethia ticto .https://uk.inaturalist.org/photos/23431375 . Accessed 16 July2024.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MN083131  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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Other Information