10. Barychelid Spider

Common Name:   Barychelid Spider

Scientific Name:   Barychelidae (family), with various species within it.

Animal Family:   Barychrlidae

Description:   Barychelid Spiders are typically medium to large-size spiders with robust bodies. They often have a stocky appearance and are well adapted for burrowing.

Population:   Population sizes may very depend on the species and their habitat condition. Specific population data for individual species may not be readily available.

Found where:   Barychelidae spiders are found in various regions worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical areas. 

Habitat:   These spiders inhabit a range of environments, including forest, grasslands, and deserts. They are known for their burrowing behavior, often constructing silk-lined burrows in soil or beneath rocks and logs.

Food:   Barychelidae spiders are carnivorous, feeding primarily on insects and other small invertebrates that they catch using their silk webs or by ambushing prey near their burrows. 

15. Pathirana Salaya

Common Name:   Barred Danio

Scientific Name:   Devario pathirana

Animal Family:   Cyprinidae

Population:   Critically endangered 

Description :   Around 8-10 blue bands can be seen all over the body. The fins are light yellow. The body grows to a size of 6-8 cm. Mature males are more colourful  and noticeably slimmer plus they have orange distal edges to the ventral and anal fins, these being white in females.

Found where :   The barred danio is oviparous,and is found mostly in the Nilwala River basin.

Habitat:   The beautiful fish is habitat in the streams and rivers of the island nation.

Foods :   It's diet consists of annelid worms,small crustaceans, and insects.

14. Ipilikadaya

Common Name:   Redside Barb 

Scientific Name:   Puntius binaculatus

Animal Family:   Cyprinidae

Population:    Least Concern 

Description:   Grows up to 7 cm. A small fish with a slender body. Identifying gender. It has two black spots. Base of dorsal fin and junction of body and caudal fin. It has a band of color from the eyes to where he fins are. In nature males, the red band is dark red with a bronze green stripe. The eyes are red. Outer semicircle. In females, the red color is less, and the world belt will be difficult to distinguish from its body color. 

Habitat:   Inhabits hill streams, lowland Swamps and dry zone rivers and tanks. 

Foods:   Green algae and detritus 

13. Gal Padiya

 

Common Name:   Sri Lanka stone sucker

Scientific Name:  Garra ceylonsis

Animal Family:   Cyprinidae 

Population:   Common 

Description:   Grows up to 15 cm. A small elongated fish. The lower side of the body is gray and upper side is yellow. A dark black line can be seen on both of the body from head to the dorsal fin. The fins are dark brown in color.It is special that the mouth is turned under. Two small buds are located in front of the month.

Habitat:   This fish prefer rapidly flowing water bodies which contains rock.

Food:    Aquatic plants and Aquatic insects