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Pristolepis marginata Jerdon, 1849

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh water fishes of southern India. <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 1) (no. 34) (art. 2): 139-149. [For 1848.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Pristolepididae
genus
Pristolepis
species
Pristolepis marginata

Name

Synonyms
Catopra marginata (Jerdon, 1849)
Catopra tetracanthus Günther, 1862
Pristolepis marginatus marginatus
Homonyms
Pristolepis marginata Jerdon, 1849
Common names
Chemballi in language.
Chuttichi in language.
Common Catopra in English
Malabar Catopra in English
Malabar Leaffish in English
Yellow Sunfish in English
Malabar Leaffish in English
Chemballi in Malayalam
Chuttichi in Malayalam
Common Catopra in English
Malabar Catopra in English
Yellow Sunfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh water fishes of southern India. <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 1) (no. 34) (art. 2): 139-149. [For 1848.].
  4. Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh water fishes of southern India. <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 1) (no. 34) (art. 2): 139-149. [For 1848.].
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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