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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 3: 29 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.3.3
Page range: 245-259
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Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849

Department of Fisheries Resource Management; Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS); Kochi; India.
Department of Fisheries Resource Management; Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS); Kochi; India.
Department of Life Sciences; School of Natural Sciences; Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence; Delhi-NCR; India.
Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology; Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS); Kochi; India.
Department of Freshwater Science; Centre for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation (CTBC); Malappuram; India.
Senckenberg Collections; Dresden; Germany.
Department of Fisheries Resource Management; Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS); Kochi; India.
Pisces freshwater fish Pristolepididae taxonomy Western ghats

Abstract

The identities of three species of Pristolepis described from the Western Ghats of India, Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849, Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862, and Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, are resolved. Combined evidence from morphology and mitochondrial COI gene sequences reveals that Pristolepis pentacantha is a junior synonym of P. marginata, and comparison of morpho-meristic data from the two syntypes of C. tetracanthus and topotypic specimens of P. marginata demonstrate that they are conspecific. We show that P. marginata is restricted to tributaries of the east-flowing Cauvery River in the southern Western Ghats.

 

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How to Cite

Prakash, A.P., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V., Thampy, D.R., Britz, R. & Ali, A. (2025) Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849. Zootaxa, 5642 (3), 245–259. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.3.3