Pristolepis

Pristolepis marginata, type species

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Pristolepididae
Genus: Pristolepis
Species: P. fasciata – P. grootii – P. malabarica – P. marginata – P. pauciradiata – P. pentacantha – P. procerus – P. rubripinnis

Name

Pristolepis Jerdon, 1849

• Type species: Pristolepis marginatus Jerdon, 1849. Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Catopra Bleeker, 1851
• Paranandus Day, 1865

References

• Britz, R., Kumar, K. & Baby, F. 2012. Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae). Zootaxa 3345: 59–68. Preview Reference page. 
• Plamoottil, M. 2014. Pristolepis pentacantha, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepidae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Scientific Research 3(5): 552–554. Reference page. 
• Plamoottil, M. 2013. Rediscovery of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae) after one and a half century. Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences 1(7): 1–5. Reference page. 
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Rediscovery of Pristolepis malabarica after one and a half century. Journal of Advanced Zoology 34(1): 28–35. OnlineReference page. 
• Roberts, T.R. 1989. The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 14: i–xii + 1–210. Reference page. 

Links

• Pristolepis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Pristolepis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Pristolepis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Pristolepis – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Pristolepis in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

English: Leaffish, Asian leaffish
ไทย: ปลาหมอช้างเหยียบ, ปลาหมอน้ำ, ปลาหน้านวล, ปลาตะกรับ
українська: пристолепіс

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