Pristolepis pentacantha

Pristolepis pentacantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

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: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Pristolepididae
Genus: Pristolepis
Species: Pristolepis pentacantha

Name

Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil, 2014

• Holotype: ZSI FF 5191 [ex STC/DOZ 82].
• Paratypes: ZSI FF 5192 [ex STC/DOZ 83 (1)].

Type locality: Bavali, Kabani River, Wayanad, Kerala, India.

Etymology: The specific epithet pentacantha was taken from two Greek words, pente meaning five and akantha meaning thorn, refers to five spines present in the anal fin of the new fish.

References

Primary references

• Plamoottil, M. 2014. Pristolepis pentacantha, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepidae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Scientific Research 3(5): 552–554. Reference page. 

Links

• Pristolepis pentacantha in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Pristolepis pentacantha in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 31, 2021.
• Pristolepis pentacantha in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 31, 2021