The onespot barb or Teri barb (''Puntius terio'') is a tropical

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

fish belonging to the Cyprininae sub-family of the family

Cyprinidae 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 ...

. It originates in inland waters in Asia, and is found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh,

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. It was originally described as ''Cyprinus terio'' by Dr. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, and has also been referred to in scientific literature as ''Systomus terio'' or ''Barbus terio''. The fish will grow in length up to 4 in (10 cm). Males are yellowish all over, and the anal and ventral fins show shades of orange. At mating time, he becomes a bright orange color. The female is silver with clear fins. It is superficially similar to the

rosy barb The rosy barb (''Pethia conchonius'') is a subtropical freshwater cyprinid fish found in southern Asia from Afghanistan to Bangladesh. Description This pinkish fish species of barb grows up to 6 inches (14 cm) in length. Their colo ...

, ''Pethia conchonius'', but it has a reddish-orange spot on the gill plate and a more pointed dorsal fin. It natively inhabits rivers, canals, ponds, ditches, and inundated fields, over a silt and mud substrate. They live in a tropical climate in water with a 7.0 - 8.0 pH, a water hardness of 15 - 30

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, and a temperature range of 64 - 82

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(18 - 28

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). The onespot barb is of commercial importance in the aquarium trade industry.

References

* * Puntius Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton Fish described in 1822 {{puntius-stub

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