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 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.