''Pethia setnai'' is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

fish native to streams of the Western Ghats,

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. It is an endemic fish and is most commonly found in flowing sections of hill streams and smaller rivers. It can reach a length of up to TL. The species named after later Dr. Sam Bomansha Setna, who was the first Director of Fisheries of the erstwhile Bombay State.Chhapgar, B.F. & S.R. Sane (1992). A new fish of the genus PuntiusHamilton (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) from Goa
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
89: 357–359 This species of fish needs the water temperature 20–26 °C, pH of 6.0–7.5 and the Hardness 90–268 ppm. It is an

omnivore An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nutr ...

and most likely to be found eating worms, as well as insects, other small sized

Invertebrate Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...

, plant material and organic detritus. This fish is to be thought as a good potential as an aquarium fish if it was to be bred in large numbers but can't currently as it has restricted distribution and has been included in

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as vulnerable. Mining operations, tourism activities, organic wastes and sewage are reported as major threats to this species.

References

Pethia Fish of India Barbs (fish) Fish described in 1992 {{Barbinae-stub