Pethia reval

Pethia reval, the red-finned barb,[1] is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species can reach a length of 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.[2][3]

Pethia reval
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pethia
Species:
P. reval
Binomial name
Pethia reval
(Meegaskumbura, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008)

Congener, Pethia cumingii, also a Sri Lankan endemic, has long been presumed to be dichromatic[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7]

References
  1. "Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: Freshwater Fishes of Sri Lanka".
  2. Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pethia reval" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. "Pethia. Madhava Meegaskumbura, Anjana Silva, Kalana Maduwage 2008" (PDF).,
  5. "Home" (PDF).
  6. "Exotic Aquarium Fishes" by Dr. William T. Innes, Innes Publishing Co, Philadelphia, 1935
  7. Hans A. Baensch & Riehl Rüdiger (1996). Aquarium Atlas (5th ed.). Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 978-3-88244-050-8.


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