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| image =PuntiusStoliczkanus.jpg<br />
| image_caption = ''P. stoliczkana''<br />
| status = LC <br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">Dahanukar, N. 2010. ''[http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/168504/0 Pethia stoliczkanus]''. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <[http://www.iucnredlist.org www.iucnredlist.org]>. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.</ref><br />
| taxon = Pethia stoliczkana<br />
| display_parents = 3<br />
| authority = ([[Francis Day|F. Day]], 1871)<br />
| synonyms = *''Barbus stoliczkanus'' <small>F. Day, 1871</small><br />
*''Puntius stoliczkanus'' <small>(F. Day, 1871)</small><br />
*''Puntius ticto stoliczkanus'' <small>(F. Day, 1871)</small><br />
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'''''Pethia stoliczkana''''' is a [[freshwater]] [[tropical]] [[cyprinid]] [[fish]] native to the upper [[Mekong River|Mekong]], [[Salween River|Salwen]], [[Ayeyarwady River|Irrawaddy]], [[Meklong River|Meklong]] and upper [[Chao Phraya River|Charo Phraya]] basins in the countries of [[Nepal]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], [[China]] and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase species |genus= Pethia|species= stoliczkana| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref><br />
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''P. stoliczkana'' is silver-green with a vertically elongated black blotch behind the gill opening, and a vertically elongated black blotch on the caudal peduncle. The dorsal fin of a sexually active male is red with a black margin and two rows of black spots. It has no barbels and the last simple dorsal ray is serrated posteriorly. It grows to a maximum length of {{convert|5|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name=FishBase/><br />
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''P. stoliczkana'' is of commercial importance in the fish keeping industry and is used to create hybrid variants of [[tiger barb]]s and other [[barb (fish)|barb]]s.<br />
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This fish is one of many barbs that has recently undergone revision in their taxonomic classification and has been moved from the genus, [[Puntius]] to the genus [[Pethia]]. This species is frequently confused with ''[[Pethia ticto|P. ticto]]'', the Ticto barb or Two-spot barb, a related and similar species from the same geographic region, the males of which lack the red-flushed dorsal fin of male ''P. stoliczkana''. In the early aquarium literature ''P. stoliczkana'' was commonly misidentified as ''P. ticto'' and given the common name, [[Tic-Tac-Toe]] barb. As a result, this common name is often still applied to both species.<ref name="Innes">"Exotic Aquarium Fishes" by Dr. William T. Innes, Innes Publishing Co, Philadelphia, 1935</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of freshwater aquarium fish species]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Pethia]]<br />
[[Category:Barbs (fish)]]<br />
[[Category:Fish of Southeast Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Fish of Thailand]]<br />
[[Category:Fish of Myanmar]]<br />
[[Category:Fish of India]]<br />
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