''Systomus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
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Cyprinidae
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native to
tropical
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Asia
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.
[Kottelat, M. (2013)]
The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries.
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Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Systomus asoka''
( Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989) (Asoka barb)
* ''
Systomus binduchitra''
( Hora, 1937)
* ''
Systomus chryseus''
Plamoottil, 2014 (Golden systomus)
* ''
Systomus compressiformis''
( Cockerell, 1913)
* ''
Systomus diliciosus''
( McClelland 1839)
* ''
Systomus gracilus''
Plamoottil & Maji, 2020
* ''
Systomus immaculatus''
McClelland, 1839
* ''
Systomus jacobusboehlkei''
( Fowler, 1958)
* ''
Systomus laticeps''
Plamoottil, 2016
* ''
Systomus martenstyni''
(Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Martenstyn's barb)
* ''
Systomus orphoides''
(Valenciennes, 1842)
* ''
Systomus pleurotaenia''
( Bleeker, 1863) (Side-striped barb)
* ''
Systomus rubripinnis''
(Valenciennes, 1842) (Javean barb)
* ''
Systomus rufus''
Plamoottil, 2014 (Red-finned kuruva)
* ''
Systomus sarana''
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, 1822) (Olive barb)
* ''
Systomus sewelli''
( Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)
References
Plamoottil, M. & Maji, D, (2020) Systomus gracilus: a new fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) species from West Bengal. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. 23 (2): 1033- 1038.
Smiliogastrinae
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Taxa named by John McClelland (doctor)
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