Systomus

Systomus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to tropical Asia.^[1]

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

• Systomus asoka (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989) (Asoka barb)
• Systomus chryseus Plamoottil, 2014 ^[2] (Golden systomus)
• Systomus clavatus (McClelland, 1845) (Stedman barb)
• Systomus compressiformis (Cockerell, 1913)
• Systomus endecanalis (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
• Systomus immaculatus McClelland, 1839
• Systomus jacobusboehlkei Fowler, 1958
• Systomus jayarami (Vishwanath & Tombi Singh, 1986)
• Systomus laticeps Plamoottil, 2016 ^[3]
• Systomus martenstyni (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Martenstyn's barb)
• Systomus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1863) (Side-striped barb)
• Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1842) (Javaen barb)
• Systomus rufus Plamoottil, 2014 ^[2] (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.