| Puntius kamalika | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. kamalika |
| Binomial name | |
| Puntius kamalika Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008[1] | |
Puntius kamalika is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The fish is named in honor of Kamalika “Kami” Abeyaratne (1934-2004), a Sri Lankan pediatrician who became an AIDS activist after she contracted the disease HIV through a contaminated blood transfusion given to her following a near-fatal traffic accident.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Puntius kamalika" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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