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🇱🇰 Fish of Sri Lanka

15 fish from Sri Lanka, best known first.

Reef or sea River or lake Fishing harbour Fish market Aquarium or research City

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 2 moreCherry barb Small tropical freshwater fish from Sri Lanka, popular in aquariums for its bright red colour.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1929

🇱🇰 Sri LankaVateria Flower Rasbora Small freshwater fish from Sri Lanka streamsCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSwamp barb Small tropical freshwater fish from South AsiaCarp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Cherry barb: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Vateria Flower Rasbora: Rupert A. Collins, CC BY 3.0, source
Swamp barb: AravindManoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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