Systomus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to tropical Asia.[1]

Systomus
Javaen barb (Systomus rubripinnis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Systomus
McClelland, 1839
Type species
Systomus immaculatus
McClelland, 1839

Species

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There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2013): The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 27: 1–663.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Systomus". FishBase. July 2024 version.
  3. ^ a b Plamoottil, M. (2014): Puntius nelsoni, Systomus chryseus and S. rufus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), three new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies, 1 (6): 135–145.
  4. ^ Plamoottil, M. (2016): Systomus laticeps, a new species of cyprinid fish from Kerala, India. International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies, 3 (5): 92-96.

Plamoottil, M. & Maji, D, (2020) Systomus gracilus: a new fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) species from West Bengal. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. 23 (2): 1033- 1038.