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Filament Barb

மச்சக்கெண்டை

Dawkinsia filamentosa

Least concern

Filament Barb
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Overview

Dawkinsia filamentosa, the filament barb, or poovali paral is a species of barb. Young fish have barely any color and black spots. They start having more color at three months old. The fish is a swift swimmer. Males are larger than females and they fertilize eggs by swimming into the cloud of eggs. The species is most commonly found in coastal floodplains near the Southwest Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This species is also known as blackspot barb.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Dawkinsia filamentosa — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): மச்சக்கெண்டை — CC BY-SA 4.0