''Systomus orphoides'', is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

fish native to

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. It can reach a length of SL. It is closely related to, and maybe a synonym of, '' Systomus rubripinnis''.

Sexual dimorphism

Adult males develop a more intense colour pattern than females and develop

nuptial tubercles Nuptial tubercles or breeding tubercles (also called pearl organs or nuptial efflorescence) are noticeable skin roughness or horny nodules that form on male fish during breeding. They are made of keratin, the same material as hair, hooves, and ...

on the head in spawning condition. Adult females tend to grow a little larger, are heavier-bodied, and less colourful. Puntius orphoides Bleeker

References

orphoides Fish of Southeast Asia Fish described in 1842 Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Barbinae-stub