Pool barb

The pool barb, spotfin swamp barb, or stigma barb (Puntius sophore) is a tropical freshwater and brackish fish belonging to the Puntius genus in the family Cyprinidae. It is native to inland waters in Asia and is found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yunnan, China.

Pool barb
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Puntius
Species:
P. sophore
Binomial name
Puntius sophore
(F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Systomus sophore (F. Hamilton, 1822)
  • Cyprinus sophore (F. Hamilton, 1822)
  • Barbus sophore (F. Hamilton, 1822)

Description

It reaches an adult size of 18 cm. (7 in) and a weight of 70 grams (2.5 oz). The first maturity of female occurs at 4.7 cm. At the population level, size at 50% maturity (LM50) is 8.6-9.0 cm.[2]

Habitat

Its native habitat is rivers, streams, and ponds in plains and submontane regions. It is a plentiful shoaling fish.

Breeding

Pool barbs naturally breed within a temperature range 20–30 °C and >50 mm rainfall. The threshold gonadosomatic index (GSI) for breeding is 10.5 units in females. Females also need to attain a body fitness (Fulton's condition factor) of at least 1.6-1.7 units for successful spawning decision.[2]

Synonyms

This fish was originally named Cyprinus sophore by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, and is also referred to as Systomus sophore, and Barbus sophore.

See also

References
  1. Abraham, R. (2011). "Puntius sophore". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Sarkar, Uttam Kumar; Roy, Koushik; Naskar, Malay; Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar; Bose, Arun Kumar; Verma, Vinod Kumar; Gupta, Sandipan; Nandy, Saurav Kumar; Sarkar, Soma Das; Karnatak, Gunjan; Sudheesan, Deepa; Das, Basanta Kumar (2019). "Minnows may be more reproductively resilient to climatic variability than anticipated: Synthesis from a reproductive vulnerability assessment of Gangetic pool barbs (Puntius sophore)". Ecological Indicators. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.037.
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