Puntius kelumi

Puntius kelumi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Puntius
Species:	P. kelumi
Binomial name
Puntius kelumi Pethiyagoda, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 [2]

Puntius kelumi, Kelums long snouted barb, is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The fish is named in honor or Sri Lankan naturalist Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi. ^[3]

Description

Identified by other Puntius species by last unbranched dorsal-fin ray becomes smooth. rostral barbels absent, but maxillary barbels present. 20-23 lateral-line scales. ^[4]

References

1. Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. & de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Puntius kelumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T195361A174842743. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T195361A174842743.en . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius kelumi". FishBase .
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. "A new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Sri Lanka". Novataxa. Retrieved 3 February 2019.