Pethia reval

Pethia reval, the red-finned barb,[1] is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species can reach a length of 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.[2][3]

Pethia reval
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pethia
Species:
P. reval
Binomial name
Pethia reval
(Meegaskumbura, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008)

Congener, Pethia cumingii, also a Sri Lankan endemic, has long been presumed to be dichromatic[4] with some populations exhibiting yellow fins and others displaying red fins. In 2008, the red-finned populations were elevated to the status of species and given the name, Pethia reval, while the yellow-finned form remains P. cumingii.[5] It is P. reval, the red-finned species, that has been kept most frequently by aquarists since the 1930s though identified as P. cumingii throughout the aquarium literature and aquarium trade until recently.[6][7]

References
  1. http://biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com/p/freshwater-fish-diversity-of-sri-lanka_29.html
  2. Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pethia reval" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. "Pethia. Madhava Meegaskumbura, Anjana Silva, Kalana Maduwage 2008" (PDF).,
  5. http://www.verlag-pfeil.de/04biol/pdf/ief19_2_07.pdf
  6. "Exotic Aquarium Fishes" by Dr. William T. Innes, Innes Publishing Co, Philadelphia, 1935
  7. Hans A. Baensch & Riehl Rüdiger (1996). Aquarium Atlas (5th ed.). Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 978-3-88244-050-8.


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