Pethia lutea

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 lutea

Name

Pethia lutea Katwate et al., 2014

• Holotype: BNHS FWF 71 .
• Paratypes (21): BNHS FWF 72-85 (14); WILD 14-PIS-061-064 (4); ZSI–WRC 3686-88 (3).

Type locality: Bhira (18.4410N & 73.2670E, elevation 50m), Kundalika River, Raigad District, Maharashtra, India.

Etymology: The specific name lutea is Latin for ‘yellow’ and is named for the characteristic bright yellow colored body in life.

References

• Katwate, U., Raghavan, R., Paingankar, M.S. & Dahanukar, N. 2014. Pethia lutea, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and new records of P. punctata from Northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(6): 5797–5818. DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.o3929.5797-818Reference page.