Pristolepis marginata

Pristolepis marginata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Pristolepis marginata

Name

Pristolepis marginata Jerdon, 1849

Neotype: ZSI FF 4935, 8 ex, 82.0–103.0 mm SL, Valloorkkavu, Mananthavady River, Wayanad, keala, India, Coll. Mathews Plamoottil, 20.03.13.

Type locality: Marantoddy River, flowing into the Cauvery; Cotiaddy River, north Malabar; near Canote, India.

Synonyms

• Pristolepis marginatus Jerdon, 1849 (orig. spelling)
• Catopra tetracanthus Günther, 1862

References

Primary references

• Jerdon, T.C. 1849. On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 15(1): 139–149. 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. 

Additional references

• Günther, A., 1862. Descriptions of new species of reptiles and fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 188–194. BHL (Catopra tetracanthus)
• Menon, A.G.K., 1999. Check list - Fresh water fishes of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 175: i-xxix + 1-366. PDF

Links

• Pristolepis marginata in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 18, 2016.
• Pristolepis marginata in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 30, 2021.
• Pristolepis marginata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Pristolepis marginata – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Pristolepis marginata in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 29, 2021
• IUCN: Pristolepis marginata  (Least Concern)