Systomus rubripinnis

Taxonavigation

Systomus rubripinna, after Bleeker, 1860.

Systomus rubripinnis, from Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia.

Systomus rubripinnis, from Tasikmalaya. Head close up.

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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 Systomus
Species: Systomus rubripinnis

Name

• Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1842)

Types: No types known.

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Synonyms

• Barbus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1842. (protonym)
• Barbus orphoides Valenciennes, 1842.
• Barbus sarananella Bleeker, 1849
• Barbus caudimarginatus Blyth, 1860

Vernacular names

• English: Red cheek barb, Javaen barb
• Bahasa Indonesia: brek, mata merah, maroca
• ไทย: ปลาแก้มช้ำ, ปลาสมอมุก

References

Primary references

• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. Paris: P. Bertrand; & Strasbourg: Chez Ve. Levrault. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. BHL Reference page. :234
• Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Midden- en Oost-Java, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe species. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 23(12): 1–23. BHL Reference page. :16
• Bleeker, P. 1860. De visschen van den Indischen Archipel, Beschreven en Toegelicht. Deel II. [Also: Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus, Auct., Volumen II. [Cyprini. Ordo Cyprini. Karpers.]]. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae 7(N. S., v. 2): 1–492. Reference page. :337
• Blyth, E. 1860. Report on some fishes received chiefly from the Sitang River and its tributary streams, Tenasserim Provinces. Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal 29(2): 138–174. (PDF)Reference page. :157

Additional references

• Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. 1911–1962. The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, I (1911). Index of the ichthyological papers of P. Bleeker: i–xi, 1–410, 1 portrait; II. (1913). Malacopterygii, Myctophoidea, Ostariophysi: I Siluroidea: i–xx, 1–404, 1 portrait; III. (1916) Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchii]: i–xv, 1–455; IV. (1922) Heteromi, Solenichthyes, Synentognathi, Percesoces, Labyrinthici, Microcyprini]: i–xiii, 1–410. Reference page. vol. III:193 (as Puntius orphoides (C.V.))
• Rainboth, W.J. 1996. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Rome, FAO. 1–265, Pls. I–XXVII. PDF Reference page. :104
• 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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. :166

Links

• Systomus rubripinnis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1842) (Data Deficient)

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