Puntius kelumi
Appearance
Puntius kelumi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Puntius |
Species: | P. kelumi
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Binomial name | |
Puntius kelumi |
Puntius kelumi 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.[2]
Description
[edit]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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius kelumi". FishBase.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "A new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Sri Lanka". Novataxa. Retrieved 3 February 2019.