''Systomus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Cyprinidae native to
tropical
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Asia
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.
[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.
''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 27: 1–663.''
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Systomus asoka''
( Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989) (Asoka barb)
* ''
Systomus chryseus''
Plamoottil, 2014 [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.'' (Golden systomus)
* ''
Systomus clavatus''
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, 1845) (Stedman barb)
* ''
Systomus compressiformis
''Systomus compressiformis'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Inle Lake, Myanmar
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''
( Cockerell, 1913)
* ''
Systomus endecanalis''
( T. R. Roberts, 1989)
* ''
Systomus immaculatus''
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, 1839
* ''
Systomus jacobusboehlkei''
Fowler, 1958
* ''
Systomus jayarami''
( Vishwanath & Tombi Singh, 1986)
* ''
Systomus laticeps''
Plamoottil, 2016 [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.''
* ''
Systomus martenstyni''
( Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Martenstyn's barb)
* ''
Systomus pleurotaenia''
( Bleeker, 1863) (Side-striped barb)
* ''
Systomus rubripinnis''
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, 1842) (Javaen barb)
* ''
Systomus rufus''
Plamoottil, 2014 [ (Red-finned kuruva)
* '' Systomus sarana'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Olive barb)
* '' Systomus sewelli'' (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)
* '' Systomus spilurus'' ( Günther, 1868)
* '' Systomus subnasutus'' (Valenciennes, 1842)
* '' Systomus timbiri'' ( Deraniyagala, 1963)
* '' Systomus gracilus '' Plamoottil & Maji, 2020 (Skinny Systomus)
]
References
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.
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
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