Pethia
| Pethia | |
|---|---|
 
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| Black ruby barb, Pethia nigrofasciata | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Cypriniformes | 
| Family: | Cyprinidae | 
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae | 
| Genus: | Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Barbus nigrofasciatus Günther, 1868 
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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]
Species
Pethia contains the following species:[3]
- Pethia ambassis (Day, 1869)
 - Pethia arunachalensis Shangningam, Kosygin & Chowdhury, 2020 (Arunachal barb)
 - Pethia atra (Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2007)
 - Pethia aurea Knight, 2013
 - Pethia bandula (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Bandula barb)
 - Pethia canius (Hamilton, 1822)
 - Pethia castor Conway, Pinion & Kottelat, 2021
 - Pethia chakpiensis Shangningam & Kosygin, 2023
 - Pethia conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) (Rosy barb)
 - Pethia cumingii (Günther, 1868)
 - Pethia didi (Kullander & Fang, 2005)
 - Pethia dikhuensis Praveenraj, Limaakum, Knight, Moulitharan & Imchen, 2022
 - Pethia erythromycter (Kullander, 2008)
 - Pethia expletiforis Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013
 - Pethia gelius (Hamilton, 1822) (Golden barb)
 - Pethia guganio (Hamilton, 1822) (Glass barb)
 - Pethia khugae (Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2007) (Khuga barb)
 - Pethia longicauda U. Katwate, Paingankar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2014 (Long-tailed pethia)
 - Pethia lutea U. Katwate, C. Katwate, Raghavan, Paingankar & Dahanukar, 2014 (Citron barb)
 - Pethia macrogramma (Kullander, 2008)
 - Pethia manipurensis (Menon, Rema Devi & Vishwanath, 2000)
 - Pethia meingangbii (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2003)
 - Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala, 1956) (Tic-tac-toe barb)
 - Pethia muvattupuzhaensis (Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005)
 - Pethia nankyweensis (Kullander, 2008)
 - Pethia narayani (Hora, 1937) (Narayan barb)
 - Pethia nigripinnis (Knight, Rema Devi, Indra & Arunachalam, 2012) (Black fin barb)
 - Pethia nigrofasciata (Günther, 1868) (Black ruby barb)
 - Pethia padamya (Kullander & Britz, 2008) (Odessa barb)
 - Pethia phutunio (Hamilton, 1822) (Spottedsail barb)
 - Pethia poiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2018
 - Pethia pollux Conway, Pinion & Kottelat, 2021
 - Pethia pookodensis (Mercy & Eapen, 2007) (Pookode Lake barb)
 - Pethia pugio (Kullander, 2008)
 - Pethia punctata (Day, 1865) (Dotted sawfin barb)
 - Pethia reval (Meegaskumbura, N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008) (Red-banded barb)
 - Pethia rutila Lalramliana, Knight & Laltlanhlua, 2014
 - Pethia sahit U. Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2018
 - Pethia sanjaymoluri Katwate, Jadhav, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
 - Pethia setnai (Chhapgar & Sane, 1992) (Indigo barb)
 - Pethia shalynius (Yazdani & Talukdar, 1975) (Shalyni barb)
 - Pethia sharmai (Menon & Rema Devi, 1993) (Chennai sawfin bar)
 - Pethia stoliczkana (Day, 1871)
 - Pethia striata Atkore, Knight, Rema Devi & Krishnaswamy, 2015 (Kudremukh barb)
 - Pethia thelys (Kullander, 2008)
 - Pethia tiantian (Kullander & Fang, 2005) (Burmese bumblebee barb)
 - Pethia ticto (Hamilton, 1822) (Ticto barb)
 - Pethia yuensis (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2003)
 
References
- ^ a b c 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.
 - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pethia". FishBase. June 2017 version.
 - ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pethia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
 
