Scientific Name: Pethia gelius (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym: Puntius gelius (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Golden barb
Local/Bangla Name: Puti (পুঁটি), Jely puti (জেলি পুঁটি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 8. It has slender and laterally compressed body. Lateral line is incomplete, with 3-4 pored scales. Barbels are absent. A broad black band around the caudal peduncle covering scales 19-21 in the longitudinal series. Three diffuse black blotches on the body, first behind opercle, second below dorsal-fin origin, third above anal-fin origin. Black spot at base and origins of dorsal, anal and pelvic fins.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in small streams, canals, beels, ponds, ditches and inundated fields throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
