CLASSIFICATION OF BARBUS SARANA : MINNOW
Subphylum :- VERTEBRATA (Vertebral column present ).
Division :- GNATHOSTOMATA ( Jaws and paired appendages present ).
Super class :- PISCES (Paired fins , gills and skin with scales)
Class :- OSTEICHTHYES ( Bony fishes ).
SUB-CLASS :- ACTINOPTYERGII ( Ray finned fish ).
SUPER ORDER :- TELEOISTEI ( Bony fish proper).
Order :- CYPRINIFORMES ( Anterior vertebrae fused. Webrian ossicles present between air bladder and ear).
Family :- CYPRININAE (Jaws toothless, Teeth in pharynx. )
GENUS :- Barbus
SPECIES :- sarana
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Barbus is distributed in Myanmar and India.
HABIT AND HABITAT
- Barbus is a common fresh-water fish of ponds, lakes and rivers.

GENERAL CHARACTERSTICS OF BARBUS SARANA : MINNOW
- Commonly called as Minnow or carp.
- Body of the fish is covered with large scales and is divided into head, trunk and tail.
- Head has an upward mouth without inner fold, small barbels, large eyes without adipose eye lid and devoid of scales. Head contains nostril.
- Lips thin without plicae or papillae; upper jaw bordered only by premaxillae.
- Pharyngeal teeth in one to three rows, never more than eight teeth in anyone row.
- ProfIle of the back is elevated. Inter-orbital space convex. Operculum and lateral line present.
- Fins are whitish or yellowish. Dorsal fin is opposite to anal fin and contains spine-like rays. Caudal fin forked. Pectoral and ventral fins present.
- Operculum is stout with golden colour.
- Air bladder divided into right and left lobes by a constriction and enclosed in an osseous capsule.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- The fish is used as food. The flesh of the fish is very rich in nutrition and well flavoured.
IDENTIFICATION
- This fish has scaleless head, simple lips and above features, hence it is Barbus.


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