Pethia expletiforis Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pethia expletiforis Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013
- Name authority
- Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pethia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyBarbinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusPethia Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012
- speciesPethia expletiforis Dishma & Vishwanath, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pethia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pethia atra (Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2007) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia canius (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia didi (Kullander & Fang, 2005) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia guganio (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia longicauda Katwate, Paingankar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia lutea Katwate, Katwate, Raghavan, Paingankar & Dahanukar, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia macrogramma (Kullander, 2008) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia manipurensis (Menon, Rema Devi & Vishwanath, 2000) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala, 1956) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia narayani (Hora, 1937) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia padamya (Kullander & Britz, 2008) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pethia phutunio (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Dishma, M., & Vishwanath, W. (2013). A new species of the genus Pethia from Mizoram, northeastern India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3736. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.4 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4FDCL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.