Pethia rutila

Pethia rutila Lalramliana, Knight & Laltlanhlua, 2014

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Pethia: Pethia is the generic vernacular name for small cyprinids in Sinhala; rutila: From the Latin adjective 'rutila', meaning reddish, in reference to the reddish coloration of this fish.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Aivapui River and Keisalam River (Karnaphuli River drainage) in Mizoram, India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96523)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. Pethia rutila can be distinguished from all species of Pethia occurring in the Ganges-Brahmaputra drainage, Kaladan drainage and the Chindwin-Irrawaddy drainage, except P. expletiforis, P. macrogramma, P. stoliczkana and P. tiantian, in having a complete lateral line. It differs from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: a black caudal-peduncle blotch extending over scales 16-18 or 17-19 of the lateral line centered above the insertion of the last anal-fin ray; an inconspicuous black humeral spot on the scale row below the 3rd and 4th lateral-line scales; 8 or 9 predorsal scales; 4½ scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line, and 3½ scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin origin (Ref. 96523).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Lalramliana, J.D.M. Knight and Z. Laltlanhlua, 2014. Pethia rutila (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species from Mizoram, Northeast India. Zootaxa 3827(3):366-374. (Ref. 96523)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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