Pethia

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Pethia

Genus of fishes

Pethia is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia, East Asia (only Pethia stoliczkana recorded) and Mainland Southeast Asia.[2] Some species are commonly seen in the aquarium trade. The name Pethia is derived from the Sinhalese "pethia", a generic word used to describe any of several small species of cyprinid fishes.[1] Most members of this genus were included in Puntius, until it was revised in 2012.[1]

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Species

There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. [1]
    Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
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    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Pethia in FishBase. June 2017 version.
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    Knight, J.D.M. (2013): Pethia aurea (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from West Bengal, India, with redescription of P. gelius and P. canius. Zootaxa, 3700 (1): 173–184.
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    Mayanglambam, D. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): A new species of the genus Pethia from Mizoram, northeastern India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3736 (1): 82–88.
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    Katwate, U., Paingankar, M.S., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2014): Pethia longicauda, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 235–248.
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    Katwate, U., Katwate, C., Raghavan, R., Paingankar, M.S. & Dahanukar, N. (2014): Pethia lutea, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and new records of P. punctata from northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6 (6): 5797-5818.
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    Batuwita, S., Maduwage, K. & Sudasinghe, H. (2015): Redescription of Pethia melanomaculata (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 3936 (4): 575–583.
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    Knight, J.D.M., Rema Devi, K., Indra, T.J. & Arunachalam, M. (2012): A new species of barb Puntius nigripinnis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (3): 2409–2416.
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    Shangningam, Bungdon; Vishwanath, Waikhom (2018-02-15). "Pethia poiensis , a new species of cyprinid fish from the Chindwin Basin of Manipur, India". Zootaxa. 4379 (4): 585–593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4379.4.10. ISSN 1175-5334.
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    Katwate, U., Baby, F., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2014): The identity of Pethia punctata, a senior synonym of P. muvattupuzhaensis(Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3884 (3): 201-221.
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    Lalramliana, Knight, J.D.M. & Laltlanhlua, Z. (2014): Pethia rutila (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species from Mizoram, Northeast India. Zootaxa, 3827 (3): 366–374.
  12. [12]
    Katwate, U., Jadhav, S., Kumkar, P., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2016): Pethia sanjaymoluri, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (5): 2027–2050.
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    Atkore, V.M., Knight, J.D.M., Rema Devi, K. & Krishnaswamy, J. (2015): A New Species of Pethia from the Western Ghats, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Copeia, 103 (2): 290-296.
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    Katwate, U., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2015): The identity of Hamilton’s Ticto Barb, Pethia ticto (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3964 (4): 401-418.
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