Oreichthys cosuatis

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Oreichthys cosuatis (Hamilton 1822) is a small (~3.2"/8 cm TL) cyprinid fish found in India and Bangladesh. It is also reported from Thailand and Myanmar, but these are not confirmed to be the same species. More

Oreichthys cosuatis Talwar & Jhingran, 1991Cyprinus cosuatis Hamilton, 1822; (valid as) - Oreichthys parvus Smith, 1933 - 24.4. More

This fish is sometimes imported and sold as Oreichthys cosuatis which has led to considerable confusion as it's now pictured with that name by some of the available resources. More

Common names

Khavli in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)
Khavli in Marathi (मराठी)
Kosuati in Bengali (বাংলা)
Kosuati indický in Czech (česky)
Parmička karnatacká in Czech (česky)
Parmička velkoploutvá in Czech (česky)
Purjebarbi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Sortfinnet barbe in Danish (dansk)
কুসুয়াটি in Bengali (বাংলা)
山魮 in Chinese (中文)
山魮 in Mandarin Chinese
库尔格无须魮 in Mandarin Chinese
庫爾格無鬚魮 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Oreichthys
Species : Puntius coorgensis
Authority : Hamilton, 1822