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🇲🇲 Fish of Myanmar

23 fish from Myanmar, best known first.

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🇮🇳 India and 4 moreIndian flying barb A silver cyprinid with long barbels and jumping ability.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRohu A large silver carp from South Asian rivers, farmed for food and prized as a game fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 moreCelestial pearl danio A tiny, brightly coloured freshwater fish from Myanmar and Thailand, popular in the aquarium trade.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 2006

🇲🇲 MyanmarOdessa barb Small colourful cyprinid from Myanmar popular in home aquariumsCarp · Rivers and lakes · 2008

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 1 morePengba A ray-finned fish native to Manipur and Myanmar.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 3 moreTrout barb A slender carp living in fresh waters near the Bay of BengalCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreMola carplet A small freshwater fish from the Indian subcontinent valued as food.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇳 India and 4 morePool barb Small tropical cyprinid from Asian inland watersCarp · Rivers and lakes · 1822

🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 moreTicto barb Small silver freshwater fish with two black spotsCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 moreCopper mahseer A freshwater cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Rohu: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
Odessa barb: Waitingonthetide, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Celestial pearl danio: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Jullien's golden carp: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Pengba: Achilles, Public domain, source
Trout barb: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
Mola carplet: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
Indian flying barb: Balaram Mahalder, CC BY 3.0, source
Ticto barb: Mattia Nocciola, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Copper mahseer: Ben Laloo, CC BY 3.0, source

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