Pethia
Pethia is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia, East Asiaand Mainland Southeast Asia. Some species are commonly seen in the aquarium trade. The name Pethia is derived from the Sinhalese "pethia", a generic word used to describe any of several small species of cyprinid fishes. For decades, members of this genus were included in Puntius until a recent revision.Species
There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus:
- Pethia atra
- Pethia aurea Knight, 2013
- Pethia bandula
- Pethia canius
- Pethia conchonius
- Pethia cumingii
- Pethia didi
- Pethia erythromycter
- Pethia expletiforis Mayanglambam & Vishwanath, 2013
- Pethia gelius
- Pethia guganio
- Pethia khugae
- Pethia longicauda U. Katwate, Paingankar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2014
- Pethia lutea U. Katwate, C. Katwate, Raghavan, Paingankar & Dahanukar, 2014
- Pethia macrogramma
- Pethia manipurensis
- Pethia meingangbii
- Pethia melanomaculata
- Pethia muvattupuzhaensis
- Pethia nankyweensis
- Pethia narayani
- Pethia nigripinna
- Pethia nigrofasciata
- Pethia ornatus
- Pethia padamya
- Pethia phutunio
- Pethia poiensis Shangningam & Waikhom, 2018
- Pethia pookodensis
- Pethia punctata
- Pethia reval
- Pethia rutila Lalramliana, Knight & Laltlanhlua, 2014
- Pethia sanjaymoluri U. Katwate, Jadhav, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
- Pethia setnai
- Pethia shalynius
- Pethia sharmai
- Pethia stoliczkana
- Pethia striata Atkore, Knight, Rema Devi & Krishnaswamy, 2015
- Pethia thelys
- Pethia tiantian
- Pethia ticto
- Pethia yuensis
