Pethia

Pethia
Black ruby barb, Pethia nigrofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Pethia Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012 [1]
Type species
Barbus nigrofasciatus Günther, 1868

Pethia is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia, East Asia (only Pethia stoliczkana recorded) and Mainland Southeast Asia. ^[2] Some species are commonly seen in the aquarium trade. The name Pethia is derived from the Sinhalese "pethia", a generic word used to describe any of several small species of cyprinid fishes. ^[1] Most members of this genus were included in Puntius , until it was revised in 2012. ^[1]

Species

Pethia contains the following species: ^[3]

• Pethia ambassis (Day, 1869)
• Pethia arunachalensis Shangningam, Kosygin & Chowdhury, 2020 (Arunachal barb)
• Pethia atra (Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2007)
• Pethia aurea Knight, 2013
• Pethia bandula (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Bandula barb)
• Pethia canius (Hamilton, 1822)
• Pethia castor Conway, Pinion & Kottelat, 2021
• Pethia chakpiensis Shangningam & Kosygin, 2023
• Pethia conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) (Rosy barb)
• Pethia cumingii (Günther, 1868)
• Pethia dibrugarhensis Sharma, Vishwanath, Dishma, Borah & Das, 2025
• Pethia didi (Kullander & Fang, 2005)
• Pethia dikhuensis Praveenraj, Limaakum, Knight, Moulitharan & Imchen, 2022
• Pethia erythromycter (Kullander, 2008)
• Pethia expletiforis Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013
• Pethia gelius (Hamilton, 1822) (Golden barb)
• Pethia guganio (Hamilton, 1822) (Glass barb)
• Pethia khugae (Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2007) (Khuga barb)
• Pethia longicauda U. Katwate, Paingankar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2014 (Long-tailed pethia)
• Pethia lutea U. Katwate, C. Katwate, Raghavan, Paingankar & Dahanukar, 2014 (Citron barb)
• Pethia macrogramma (Kullander, 2008)
• Pethia manipurensis (Menon, Rema Devi & Vishwanath, 2000)
• Pethia meingangbii (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2003)
• Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala, 1956) (Tic-tac-toe barb)
• Pethia muvattupuzhaensis (Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005)
• Pethia nankyweensis (Kullander, 2008)
• Pethia narayani (Hora, 1937) (Narayan barb)
• Pethia nigripinnis (Knight, Rema Devi, Indra & Arunachalam, 2012) (Black fin barb)
• Pethia nigrofasciata (Günther, 1868) (Black ruby barb)
• Pethia padamya (Kullander & Britz, 2008) (Odessa barb)
• Pethia phutunio (Hamilton, 1822) (Spottedsail barb)
• Pethia poiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2018
• Pethia pollux Conway, Pinion & Kottelat, 2021
• Pethia pookodensis (Mercy & Eapen, 2007) (Pookode Lake barb)
• Pethia pugio (Kullander, 2008)
• Pethia punctata (Day, 1865) (Dotted sawfin barb)
• Pethia reval (Meegaskumbura, N. K. A. Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008) (Red-banded barb)
• Pethia rutila Lalramliana, Knight & Laltlanhlua, 2014
• Pethia sahit U. Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2018
• Pethia sanjaymoluri Katwate, Jadhav, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
• Pethia setnai (Chhapgar & Sane, 1992) (Indigo barb)
• Pethia shalynius (Yazdani & Talukdar, 1975) (Shalyni barb)
• Pethia sharmai (Menon & Rema Devi, 1993) (Chennai sawfin bar)
• Pethia stoliczkana (Day, 1871)
• Pethia striata Atkore, Knight, Rema Devi & Krishnaswamy, 2015 (Kudremukh barb)
• Pethia thelys (Kullander, 2008)
• Pethia tiantian (Kullander & Fang, 2005) (Burmese bumblebee barb)
• Pethia ticto (Hamilton, 1822) (Ticto barb)
• Pethia yuensis (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2003)

References

1. Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pethia". FishBase . June 2017 version.
3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pethia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 January 2025.