Pristolepis

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Pristolepis
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Pristolepis pentacantha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Family: Pristolepididae
T. R. Roberts, 1989
Genus: Pristolepis
Jerdon, 1849
Type species
Pristolepis marginatus
Jerdon, 1849
Synonyms [1]

Pristolepis is a genus of fish in the family Pristolepididae. It is sometimes classified in the order Anabantiformes and is native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and India's Western Ghats. This genus is the only member of its family, which, along with the families Nandidae and Polycentridae, forms a group of taxa that are related to the Anabantiformes. These families are part of an unnamed and unranked clade within the series Ovalentaria, closest to the Carangiformes. [2] These three families are commonly known as "leaffish". [3]

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pristolepididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 395. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  3. ↑ Collins, Rupert A.; Britz, Ralf; Rüber, Lukas (2015). "Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 53 (4): 259–272. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12103 . S2CID   84111610.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pristolepis". FishBase . February 2019 version.
  5. ↑ Britz, Ralf; Kumar, Krishna; Baby, Fibin (2012). "Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae)". Zootaxa. 3345: 59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3345.1.3. S2CID   88352864.

6. Plamoottil, M., 2014. Pristolepis pentacantha, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepidae) from Kerala, India. Int'l. J. Scientific Res. 3(5):552-554.

7. Plamoottil, M. & Abraham,. N.P., Discovery of Pristolepis malabarica after one and a half centuries. Journal of Advanced Zoology, 34 (1). 28-35.

8. Plamoottil, M. and T. Win, 2017. Pristolepis pauciradiatus, a new fish species (Perciformes:Pristolepididae) from Myanmar. Bioscience Discovery (Ref. 116438)

9. Plamoottil, M. (2013). ‘Rediscovery of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae) after one and a half century’. J. An. Vet. & Fish Sci., 7. 16-20.


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