Pristolepis
| Pristolepis | |
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| Pristolepis pentacantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pristolepididae T. R. Roberts, 1989 |
| Genus: | Pristolepis Jerdon, 1849 |
Pristolepis is a genus of fish in the family Pristolepididae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
- Pristolepis fasciata (Bleeker, 1851) (Malayan leaffish)
- Pristolepis grootii (Bleeker, 1852) (Indonesian leaffish)
- Pristolepis malabarica (Günther, 1864) [1]
- Pristolepis marginata Jerdon, 1849 (Malabar leaffish)
- Pristolepis pauciradiata Plamoottil & Win, 2017 [2]
- Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil, 2014 (Wayanad leaffish) [3]
- Pristolepis procerus Plamoottil, 2017 [4]
- Pristolepis rubripinnis Britz, Krishna Kumar & Baby, 2012 [5]
References
- ^ Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2013): Rediscovery of Pristolepis malabarica after one and a half century. Journal of Advanced Zoology, 34 (1): 28-35.
- ^ Plamoottil, M. & Win, T. (2017): Pristolepis pauciradiatus, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepididae) from Myanmar. Bioscience Discovery, 8 (3): 613-618.
- ^ Plamoottil, M. (2014): Pristolepis pentacantha, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepidae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Scientific Research, 3 (5): 552-554.
- ^ Plamoottil, M. (2017): Pristolepis procerus (Perciformes: Pristolepididae), a New Fish Species from Kerala, India. European Journal of Zoological Research, 5 (1): 40-44.
- ^ Britz, R., Kumar, K. & Baby, F. (2012): Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae). Zootaxa, 3345: 59-68.
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