''Pethia thelys'' is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

fish found in streams in

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and in Lake Indawgyi,

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. This species can grow to a length of SL.

References

thelys Fish described in 2008 Barbs (fish) {{Barbinae-stub