Pethia longicauda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Pethia
Species: Pethia longicauda

Name

Pethia longicauda Katwate et al., 2014

• Holotype: BNHS FWF 96.
• Paratypes: BNHS FWF 97–100 (4); WILD 14-PIS-073–075 (3); ZSI-WRC P/3950–51 (2).
• Type locality: India: Maharashtra: Kolhapur District: Hiranyakeshi River near Gavse-Ajara, 16°04'06"N 74°05'30"E, 690 m a.s.l.
• Etymology: The species name longicauda is Latin for ‘long tail’ and is named for the characteristic long caudal peduncle in the species.

References

Primary references

• Katwate, U., Paingankar, M.S., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. 2014. Pethia longicauda, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 3846(2): 235–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.4 Reference page.