The attentive carplet or silver carplet (''Amblypharyngodon melettinus'') is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in freshwater streams, ponds and rivers of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and Sri Lanka.

Etymology

The generic name comes from Greek, "" means "darkness" and Greek name "" for "pharynx" with "" means "teeth".

References

Amblypharyngodon Freshwater fish of India Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka Fish described in 1844 Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Cyprinidae-stub