Systomus

Systomus
Javaen barb (Systomus rubripinnis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Systomus McClelland, 1839
Type species
Systomus immaculatus McClelland, 1839

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

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[2]

• Systomus asoka (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989) (Asoka barb)
• Systomus binduchitra (Hora, 1937)
• Systomus chryseus Plamoottil, 2014 (Golden systomus)
• Systomus compressiformis (Cockerell, 1913)
• Systomus diliciosus (McClelland 1839)
• Systomus gracilus Plamoottil & Maji, 2020
• Systomus immaculatus McClelland, 1839
• Systomus jacobusboehlkei (Fowler, 1958)
• Systomus laticeps Plamoottil, 2016
• Systomus martenstyni (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Martenstyn's barb)
• Systomus orphoides (Valenciennes, 1842)
• Systomus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1863) (Side-striped barb)
• Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1842) (Javean barb)
• Systomus rufus Plamoottil, 2014 (Red-finned kuruva)
• Systomus sarana (Hamilton, 1822) (Olive barb)
• Systomus sewelli (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)

References

1. Kottelat, M. (2013): The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 27: 1–663.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Systomus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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.