Puntius kamalika | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Puntius |
Species: | P. kamalika
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Binomial name | |
Puntius kamalika |
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]