Pethia


Pethia is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia, East Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. Some species are commonly seen in the aquarium trade. The name Pethia is derived from the Sinhalese "pethia", a generic word used to describe any of several small species of cyprinid fishes. Most members of this genus were included in Puntius, until it was revised in 2012.

Species

Pethia contains the following species:Pethia ambassis Pethia arunachalensis Shangningam, Kosygin & Chowdhury, 2020 Pethia atra Pethia aurea Knight, 2013Pethia bandula Pethia canius Pethia castor Conway, Pinion & Kottelat, 2021Pethia chakpiensis Shangningam & Kosygin, 2023Pethia conchonius Pethia cumingii Pethia dibrugarhensis Sharma, Vishwanath, Dishma, Borah & Das, 2025Pethia didi Pethia dikhuensis Praveenraj, Limaakum, Knight, Moulitharan & Imchen, 2022Pethia erythromycter Pethia expletiforis Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013Pethia gelius Pethia guganio Pethia khugae Pethia longicauda U. Katwate, Paingankar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2014 Pethia lutea U. Katwate, C. Katwate, Raghavan, Paingankar & Dahanukar, 2014 Pethia macrogramma Pethia manipurensis Pethia meingangbii Pethia melanomaculata Pethia muvattupuzhaensis Pethia nankyweensis Pethia narayani Pethia nigripinnis Pethia nigrofasciata Pethia padamya Pethia phutunio Pethia poiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2018Pethia pollux Conway, Pinion & Kottelat, 2021Pethia pookodensis Pethia pugio Pethia punctata Pethia reval Pethia rutila Lalramliana, Knight & Laltlanhlua, 2014Pethia sahit U. Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2018Pethia sanjaymoluri Katwate, Jadhav, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016Pethia setnai Pethia shalynius Pethia sharmai Pethia stoliczkana Pethia striata Atkore, Knight, Rema Devi & Krishnaswamy, 2015 Pethia thelys Pethia tiantian Pethia ticto