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Male Black Ruby Barb,
now known as Pethia
nigrofasciata
New names for old friends
Hans-Jürgen Bäselt Nothing is as constant as change. This applies especially to the taxonomy of
fishes, and earlier this year some familiar barb species from India and Sri Lanka were caught up in a sea
of revisions. Pethiyagodha et al. revised the large “dumpster” genus Puntius and divided it into several
newly established genera. Nine species of the former Puntius filamentosus group were placed in the
genus Dawkinsia. The Melon Barb (formerly Puntius fasciatus, now Dravidia fasciata) was renamed and
put together with four other species in the genus Dravidia. The third new genus, Pethia, was erected to
include some very popular species, such Pethia conchonius, P. padamya, P. ticto, and many more. Pethia
nigrofasciata, known to many as the Black Ruby Barb, belongs in the genus as well.
The Melon Barb is now
called Dravidia fasciata.
The Filament Barb
Dawkinsia filamentosa was
reclassified as well.
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