Pethia reval

Pethia reval
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pethia
Species:
P. reval
Binomial name
Pethia reval

Pethia reval, the red-finned barb, or redfin two-banded carplet, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species can reach a length of 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.

Congener, Pethia cumingii, also a Sri Lankan endemic, has long been presumed to be dichromatic with some populations exhibiting yellow fins and others displaying red fins. In 2008, the red-finned populations were elevated to the status of species and given the name, Pethia reval, while the yellow-finned form remains P. cumingii. It is P. reval, the red-finned species, that has been kept most frequently by aquarists since the 1930s though identified as P. cumingii throughout the aquarium literature and aquarium trade until recently.

References

  1. 1 2 Palmer-Newton, A.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M. & Kotagama, O. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Pethia reval". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T196103A174841471. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T196103A174841471.en. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: Freshwater Fishes of Sri Lanka".
  3. ↑ Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pethia reval". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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  6. ↑ "Home" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Exotic Aquarium Fishes" by Dr. William T. Innes, Innes Publishing Co, Philadelphia, 1935
  8. ↑ Hans A. Baensch & Riehl Rüdiger (1996). Aquarium Atlas (5th ed.). Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 978-3-88244-050-8.