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The binni is an elongate fish but is deep-bodied for a barbel. It is overall brownish–golden with a lighter belly and darker fins. It can reach up to 56 cm (22 in) in total length, and 4 kg (8.8 lb) in weight. The sexes are similar, but females reach a larger size. The sex ratio
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tends to be skewed with more males than females. Maturity is reached when the species is two to four years old, and the species can reach an age of up to nine years. It feeds almost entirely on plants, ranging from
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876:Fish described in 1874
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866:Cyprinid fish of Asia
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394:Freyhof, J. (2014).
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308:Known in the local
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374:References
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278:Barbus
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526:USAID
318:bunni
314:binni
299:algae
269:genus
251:fish
235:binni
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551:ISBN
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