Description: Olive dorsally, silver laterally. There are two dark blotches on the side - a vertically elongate one behind the operculum and a circular one above the anal fin. The sides of breeding males are pink, and there is a pink band in the dorsal fin, which may also have some dark blotches.
Size: Upto 5cmHabitat:shallow water bodies with mud , tank and reservoirs
Breeding: Typical of barbs
