Puntius kamalika
| Puntius kamalika | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. kamalika
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| Binomial name | |
| Puntius kamalika Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008[2]
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Puntius kamalika, Sri Lanka Kamalika’s barb, is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The fish is named in honor of Kamalika "Kami" Abeyaratne (1934–2004), a Sri Lankan pediatrician who became an AIDS activist after she contracted the disease HIV through a contaminated blood transfusion given to her following a near-fatal traffic accident.[3]
References
- ^ Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. & de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Puntius kamalika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195362A174842046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T195362A174842046.en. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius kamalika". FishBase.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 November 2021.