Laubuka latens Knight, 2015
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
Laubuka latens is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. It was described in 2015 from specimens collected in the Cauvery River and its tributaries in the Western Ghats of India. This species and Laubuka trevori had been thought to be local variants of the Indian glass barb (L. laubuca) but were shown to be different species. The unique features of L. latens are that it has 7½ branched rays in its dorsal fin with 5 branched rays in its pelvic fin; it has 14 precaudal vertebrae and 17–18 predorsal scales; aw s well as 5+4+2 teeth on the fifth ceratobranchial bone. It can also be distinguished from its close relatives by its plain unmarked body, lacking stripes.
Wikipedia contributors, Laubuka latens; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:00:10.626342+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Laubuka latens Knight, 2015
- Name authority
- Knight, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Laubuka
- 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
- genusLaubuka Bleeker, 1859
- speciesLaubuka latens Knight, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Laubuka. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Laubuka laubuca (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka siamensis Fowler, 1939 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka tenella Kullander, Rahman, Norén & Mollah, 2018 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka hema Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka myitthaensis Htay & Chen, 2025 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka brahmaputraensis Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka caeruleostigmata Smith, 1931 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka fasciata (Silas, 1958) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka insularis Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka lankensis (Deraniyagala, 1960) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka ruhuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laubuka varuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 | 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.
- Knight, J. D. M. (2015). Description of two new species of Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from River Cauvery, southern Iandia. Zootaxa, 4000. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.2 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:D5DLC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.