- Title
- Redescription of Pethia melanomaculata (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Sri Lanka
- Creator
- Batuwita, Sudesh; Maduwage, Kalana; Sudasinghe, Hiranya
- Relation
- Zootaxa Vol. 3936, Issue 4, p. 575-583
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.7
- Publisher
- Magnolia Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- The name Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala) is available for the Sri Lankan fish previously referred to P. ticto, being distinguished from its Indian congeners by the combination of the following characters; having 1/2 4/1/3 1/2 scales in transverse line on body; body depth 32.4-41.5% of standard length (SL); head length (HL) 26.1-29.2% of SL; snout length 25.3-35.6% of HL; eye diameter 24.4-31.9% of HL; a small black humeral spot on lateral-line scales 3 or 4; a black spot on caudal peduncle, on scales 16-18 of the lateral line series; 3 unbranched dorsal-fin rays, the last one strongly serrated, with 8-11 serrae.
- Subject
- Pethia ticto; Pethia punctata; Puntius; India; taxonomy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1330397
- Identifier
- uon:26377
- Identifier
- ISSN:1175-5326
- Language
- eng
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