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Bahuni

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Species
3
Families
1
Photographed
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Difficulty rated
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Juvenile from the UK aquarium trade.

Labeo bogaViolet Shark

Cyprinidae · Hamilton, 1822

Max length
250mm SL10in SL
Tank
240 × 60cm96 × 24in
Temp
18–24°C64–75°F
pH
6.0–8.0

The violet shark, Labeo boga, is a cyprinid from most major river systems in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It inhabits major river channels and larger tributaries and grows to 250 mm, needing a tank of at least 240 x 60 cm. It is unsuitable for most home aquaria but turns up in the trade irregularly, also as the 'violet-gilled shark' or 'blushing violet shark'. L. boga as currently recognised probably represents a complex of closely-related species.

Difficult
Male of Puntius terio.

Puntius terioOnespot Barb

Cyprinidae · Hamilton, 1822

Max length
90mm SL3.5in SL
Tank
80 × 30cm31 × 12in
Temp
18–26°C64–79°F
pH
6.5–7.5

The onespot barb, Puntius terio, is a cyprinid widely distributed from Pakistan through northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Its range covers parts of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages, where it apparently prefers stiller waters over mud or silt. Populations vary in colour pattern to an extent, but all share a diffuse yellow-golden marking on the operculum and a dark spot on the caudal peduncle.

Easy
Adult individual.

Labeo angra

Cyprinidae · Hamilton, 1822

Max length
200mm SL8in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
not recorded
pH
not recorded

Labeo angra is a benthic cyprinid from Pakistan, Nepal, northern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, described from the Brahmaputra. It can be identified by a brownish back, yellowish flanks and belly, and a black to bluish stripe from the eye to the caudal-fin base. It undertakes annual spawning migrations within its native river systems.

Moderate
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