Puntius kamalika, Sri Lanka Kamalika's barb, 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 (1934âÂÂ2004), 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.