Esomus bengalensis Bhakat & Sinha, 2020
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Esomus bengalensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. This species was first formally described in 2020 by Somnath Bhakat and Arup Kumar Sinha with its type locality given as the Mayurakshi river at the Tilpara barrage, Suri, Birbhum district in West Bengal. At the type locality the river has a fast current over a mixed bed of rock and sand, with silt deposited at the barrage.
Wikipedia contributors, Esomus bengalensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:29:23.667949+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Esomus bengalensis Bhakat & Sinha, 2020
- Name authority
- Bhakat & Sinha, 2020
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Esomus
- 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
- subfamilyDanioninae Bleeker, 1863
- genusEsomus Swainson, 1839
- speciesEsomus bengalensis Bhakat & Sinha, 2020
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Esomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Esomus lineatus Ahl, 1923 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus metallicus Ahl, 1923 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus manipurensis Tilak & Jain, 1990 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus caudiocellatus Ahl, 1923 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus altus (Blyth, 1860) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus barbatus (Jerdon, 1849) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus danrica (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus longimanus (Lunel, 1881) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus malabaricus Day, 1867 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes, 1842) | 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.
- Bhakat, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2020). Esomus bengalensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), a new species of flying barb from West Bengal, India. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 8. 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:D5DJ8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.