1. A Shan chieftain:
Chao-Pha (lit. 'lord of the sky'; Tai Ahom, Thai: เจ้าฟ้า, Shan, romanized: Sào Fá, Burmese: Sawbwa, Chinese: 召法; pinyin: Zhàofǎ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of Mong Dun, Mong Shan, Mong Mao, kingdoms of Thai and Tai-Khamti people.
According to local chronicles, some fiefdoms of Chao-Pha date from as early as the 2nd century BCE; however, the earlier sections of these chronicles are generally agreed to be legendary.
Sawbwa, Burmese approximation of Shan saopha, used as a suffix for Shan chiefs (e.g., Nyaungshwe Sawbwa Sao Shwe Thaik)
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2. Cyprinid fish
The sawbwa barb (Sawbwa resplendens), also known as the Burmese rammy nose, Asian rummynose or rummynose rasbora, is an endangered species of cyprinid fish in the monotypic genus Sawbwa.
The species is endemic to Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma).
It grows to a maximum total length of 3.5 cm.
Mature males are iridescent silvery-blue with red snout and red lobes to the tail fin; females are duller without red and with a dark pigmentation spot by the anus.
The sawbwa barb completely lacks scales.
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