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🇱🇰 Fish of Sri Lanka

22 fish from Sri Lanka, best known first.

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

🇱🇰 Sri LankaCeylonese combtail Aggressive labyrinth fish from Sri LankaOther · Rivers and lakes

🇱🇰 Sri LankaOrnate paradisefish A tiny carnivorous gourami from Sri Lankan streams.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreGiant danio Large, active freshwater fish from South and Southeast Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMalabar danio A small, striped freshwater fish from India and Sri Lanka.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1849

🇮🇳 India and 2 moreFreshwater garfish A slender, toothed needlefish from Asian fresh waters.Other · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Ceylonese combtail: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ornate paradisefish: Klaus de Leuw, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Giant danio: Faucon, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Malabar danio: Original uploader was Przemysław Malkowski ( Pmalkowski at en.wikipedi, CC BY 3.0, source
Freshwater garfish: Guérin Nicolas ( messages ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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