Published June 18, 2025 | Version v1
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Systomus pleurotaenia

  • 1. Division of Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland & Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastrasse, 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
  • 2. Rue des Rauraques 6, 2800 Delémont, Switzerland (permanent address) & Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377
  • 3. Ichthyology Section, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia

Description

Systomus pleurotaenia

(Figure 1e,f)

Material examined. Holotype, RMNH.PISC. 2414, 121 mm SL.

For metric and meristic data, see Table 1.

This specimen is consistent with the species identified as Systomus pleurotaenia by Sudasinghe et al. (2020b).

Notes

Published as part of Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Kottelat, Maurice & Pethiyagoda, Rohan, 2025, The collection of Sri Lankan freshwater fishes reported on by Pieter Bleeker (1863) (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae, Danionidae, Nemacheilidae), pp. 461-468 in Zootaxa 5647 (5) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/15820170

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Material sample ID
RMNH.PISC.2414
Scientific name authorship
Bleeker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Systomus
Species
pleurotaenia
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Systomus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1863) sec. Sudasinghe, Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 2025

References

  • Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Ruber, L. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2020 b) Diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of Systomus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka. Zoologica Scripta, 49 (6), 710-731. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12445