The collection of Sri Lankan freshwater fishes reported on by Pieter Bleeker (1863) (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae, Danionidae, Nemacheilidae)
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Sudasinghe, Hiranya
Division of Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland & Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastrasse, 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
Author
Kottelat, Maurice
Rue des Rauraques 6, 2800 Delémont, Switzerland (permanent address) & Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377
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Pethiyagoda, Rohan
Ichthyology Section, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Zootaxa
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2025-06-18
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.4
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TABLE 1. Mensural and meristic data from the extant types in RMNH upon which Bleeker (1863a,b) based Garra ceylonensis, Systomus pleurotaenia, Devario micronema, D. lineolatus, and Schistura notostigma. | RMNH.PISC.2069 | RMNH. | RMNH. | RMNH. | RMNH.PISC.2709 |
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| Garra ceylonensis | PISC.2414 | PISC.2746 | PISC.2746 | Schistura notostigma |
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| | | | Systomus | Devario | Devario | | | |
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| | | | pleurotaenia | micronema | lineolatus | | | |
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| A | B | C | | A | B | A | B | C |
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| Standard length | 88.1 | 65.4 | 65.6 | 121 | 60.0 | 59.2 | 54.0 | 54.8 | 43.3 |
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| Total length | 120 | 85 | 85 | 155 | 79.4 | 76.9 | na | na | na |
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| Predorsal length | na | 30.6 | 29.6 | 61.9 | 36 | 34.9 | na | na | na |
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| Postdorsal length | na | 38.3 | 37.8 | 65.1 | 29.5 | 27.1 | na | na | na |
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| Preanal length | na | 50.1 | 51.4 | 88.5 | 37.6 | 39.2 | na | na | na |
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| Prepelvic length | na | 34.8 | 34.6 | 58.8 | 28.1 | 28.1 | na | na | na |
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| Body depth | na | na | na | na | 18.1 | 18.1 | na | na | na |
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| Head length | na | 15 | 14.4 | 30.5 | 15.3 | 14.4 | na | na | na |
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| Eye diameter | na | 3.5 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | na | na | na |
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| Snout length | na | 7.1 | 7.9 | 9.1 | na | na | na | na | na |
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| Branched dorsal-fin | 8½ | 8½ | 8½ | 8½ | 9½ | 10½ | 8½ | 7½ | 8½ |
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| rays | | | | | | | | | |
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| Branched anal-fin | 5½ | 5½ | 5½ | 5½ | 12½ | 13½ | 5½ | 5½ | 5½ |
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| rays | | | | | | | | | |
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| Pectoral-fin rays | i.14 | i.13 | i.13 | na | na | na | i.9 | i.9 | i.9 |
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| Pelvic-fin rays | i.8 | i.8 | i.8 | na | na | na | i.6 | i.6 | i.6 |
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| Lateral-line scales | 35+1 | 34+1 | 34+1 | 30+2 | 34+1 | 35+1 | na | na | na |
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| Transverse scale | ½4+1+2 | ½4+1+2½ | ½4+1+3 | ½4+1+2½ | na | na | na | na | na |
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| count | | | | | | | | | |
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| Circumpeduncular | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | na | na | na | na | na |
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| scales | | | | | | | | | |
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| Sex | na | na | na | na | Male | Female | na | na | na |
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| Infraorbital process | na | na | na | na | Present | Absent | na | na | na |
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| Predorsal bars/ | na | na | na | na | na | na | Not | Not | 4/4 |
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| interspaces | | | | | | | apparent | apparent | |
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| Postdorsal bars/ | na | na | na | na | na | na | 7/7 | 6/6 | 7/7 |
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| interspaces | | | | | | | | | |
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