''Pethia'' is a
genus
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of small
freshwater fish
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in the
family
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Cyprinidae
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native to
South Asia
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,
East Asia
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(only ''
Pethia stoliczkana'' recorded) and
Mainland Southeast Asia
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.
Some species are commonly seen in the
aquarium
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trade. The name ''Pethia'' is derived from the
Sinhalese ''"pethia"'', a generic word used to describe any of several small
species
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of cyprinid fishes.
[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.'' Most members of this genus were included in ''
Puntius'', until it was revised in 2012.
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Species
''Pethia'' contains the following species:Chowdhury
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, 2020 (Arunachal barb)
* '' Pethia atra'' ( Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2007)
* '' Pethia aurea'' Knight
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, 2013
* '' Pethia bandula'' ( Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Bandula barb)
* '' Pethia canius'' (Hamilton
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, 1822)
* '' Pethia castor'' Conway
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, Pinion
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& Kottelat, 2021
* '' Pethia chakpiensis'' Shangningam & Kosygin, 2023
* '' Pethia conchonius'' (Hamilton, 1822) (Rosy barb)
* '' Pethia cumingii'' ( Günther, 1868)
* '' Pethia didi'' ( Kullander & Fang
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, 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
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'' (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
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& 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
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& 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
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Smiliogastrinae
Barbs (fish)
Taxa named by Rohan Pethiyagoda
Taxa named by Madhava Meegaskumbura
Taxa named by Kalana Maduwage