Bandula barb

Bandula barb
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Pethia
Species:	P. bandula
Binomial name
Pethia bandula (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991)
Synonyms
Puntius bandulaKottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991

Pethia bandula, commonly known as bandula barb, is a species of cyprinid endemic to Sri Lanka where it is only known from near Galapitamada in the Warakapola Divisional Secretariat. ^{[2] [3]} As this critically endangered species only was known from a single unprotected site where the population consists of an estimated 1,000 individuals, a second "insurance population" was established in 2014 by a team of IUCN scientists in cooperation with Sri Lanka's Forest Department, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and local communities. ^[4]

References

1. Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Pethia bandula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T18905A174839322. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T18905A174839322.en . Retrieved 19 July 2025.
2. Pethiyagoda, R.; Meegaskumbura, M.; Maduwage, K. (2012). "A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 23 (1): 69–95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pethia bandula". FishBase . April 2013 version.
4. IUCN (8 July 2014). Translocation of the point-endemic and Critically Endangered (CR) freshwater fish species Pethia bandula (Bandula barb).