Systomus sewelli

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Systomus sewelli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Systomus
Species:
S. sewelli
Binomial name
Systomus sewelli
(Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Barbus sewelliPrashad & Mukerji, 1929
  • Puntius morehensisArunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1998

Systomus sewelli is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Systomus . It is found in India and Myanmar. Fishbase give the species name as Puntius morehensis [1] but the Catalog of Fishes lists this name as a synonym of Systomus sewelli, [2]

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References

  1. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Puntius morehensis Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1998". Fishbase . Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "SEARCH RESULTS FROM THE CATALOG OF FISHES". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2017.