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Aspidoparia jaya (Hamilton, 1822)

Description

Common Names

  • Jaya , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • জায়া , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Aspidoparie asijská , Czech , Czechia
  • Carplet , English , Bangladesh
  • Jaya , English , India
  • Jaya , English , Nepal
  • Jaia-kilbikdaanio , Estonian , Estonia
  • Hopeanuijabarbi , Finnish , Finland
  • 傑伊異鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 杰伊异鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Bhegna , Nepali , Nepal
  • Mara , Nepali , Nepal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cypriniformes

    Family: Danionidae

    Genus: Aspidoparia

    Species: Aspidoparia jaya (Hamilton, 1822)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: India, Nepal and Bangladesh (Ref. 4832). Reported from Afghanistan (Ref. 39701).

    • Biology

    Inhabits streams and ponds in plains and mountainous regions (Ref. 41236). A tasty food fish but rare in the catches.

    Habitat

    benthopelagic