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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFF1CF7EE1502FE77" bold="true" box="[151,306,464,490]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Pethia aurea</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFF1CF40815B0FDD2" bold="true" box="[151,384,566,591]" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Material examined.</emphasis>
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: ZSI / SRC, 8730,
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SL, Ponds in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, Andrew Rao,
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: ZSI / SRC, 8731, 9,
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SL, Ponds in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, Andrew Rao,
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFF4CF49C1571FD26" bold="true" box="[199,321,674,699]" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFEC2F49D15EBFD27" box="[329,475,675,699]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Pethia aurea</emphasis>
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is distinguished from all other species of
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFC3FF49D17CDFD26" box="[948,1021,675,699]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Pethia</emphasis>
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by the combination of the following characters: lateral line incomplete, with 34 pored scales; 2526+1 scales in the lateral series, ½5/1/33½ scales in transverse line on body; pre-dorsal scales 9; last unbranched dorsal-fin ray slender, serrated, with 1922 serrae on posterior margin; barbels absent; a black band around the caudal peduncle covering scales 2325 of the lateral series; a black blotch beneath the origin of the dorsal fin and a black spot above the origin of the anal fin.
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFF4CF5681569FCF2" bold="true" box="[199,345,854,879]" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Description.</emphasis>
See Table 1 for morphometric data, and
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and
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for general appearance. Body deep, its depth greater than head length, laterally compressed, dorsal profile slightly curved, ventral profile deeply convex. Dorsal fin with 3 simple and 8½ branched rays, its height 84.2108 % body depth. Last unbranched dorsal-fin ray straight, with 1922 stout serrae on posterior margin. Pelvic fin rounded, with 1 unbranched and 8 branched rays. Anal fin with 3 simple and 5½ branched rays, its ventral margin slightly concave. Pectoral fin rounded with 1 simple and 14 (8) or 15 (2) branched rays. Caudal fin deeply forked, its lobes equal, with 9+8 principal rays.
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFF1CF1BE1501F808" bold="true" box="[151,305,1920,1942]" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">FIGURE 1. A</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFECAF1BE15F7F80B" box="[321,455,1920,1942]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Pethia aurea</emphasis>
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, holotype, prior to fixation, ZSI / SRC, F.8730, 23.6 mm SL, Ponds in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal;
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,
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, neotype, prior to fixation, ZSI / SRC, F.8732, 30.1 mm SL, Ponds in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal;
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFECAF18015A6F84E" box="[321,406,1981,2003]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">P. gelius</emphasis>
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, neotype, prior to fixation, ZSI / SRC, F.8735, 30.9 mm SL, river Torsa at Totapara in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal;
<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFF67F1E21534F86C" bold="true" box="[236,260,2012,2033]" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">D,</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F7B267CFE80F1E31550F86F" box="[267,352,2012,2034]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">P. gelius</emphasis>
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, ZSI / SRC, F.8736, 29.8 mm SL, Chembarampakkam lake, Tamil Nadu.
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFF1CF4AD1523FD35" bold="true" box="[151,275,659,681]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFE92F4AD15ABFD34" box="[281,411,659,681]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Pethia aurea</emphasis>
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, holotype, ZSI / SRC, F.8730, 23.6 mm SL, pond in South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal.
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<paragraph id="D17836C00F79267EFF4CF4E816DDFC3F" blockId="3.[151,1436,726,1219]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Head small, about one fourth of standard length, its dorsal profile curved, a slight elevation at nape. Eye large, placed forward, its diameter about half of head length. Mouth subterminal, angle of gape reaching behind vertical beneath anterior margin of eye. Snout blunt, devoid of tubercles. Nostrils closer to eye than snout tip. Snout length less than eye diameter. Caudal peduncle slender, its length 1½ to 2 times its depth. Lateral line incomplete, with 3 (6) or 4 (4) pored scales on body, 25 (7), 26 (3) + 1 scales in lateral series. Predorsal scales 9; scales in transverse line on body ½5/1/33½. Circumpeduncular scales 9.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFF4CF590157FFC5A" bold="true" box="[199,335,942,967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Coloration.</emphasis>
In life (see
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), body golden yellow, abdomen white; a black band around caudal peduncle, covering scales 2325 of lateral series. A black blotch beneath dorsal fin origin; a black spot above anal fin origin. Iris golden, dorsal fin black, faintly yellow at base; other fins hyaline. Specimens in preservative whitish with scattered melanophores along dorsum. Fins hyaline with melanophores scattered along base. All body pigmentation faded, black band around caudal peduncle reduced to a few closely-spaced melanophores (
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).
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFF4CF25C157EFBE6" bold="true" box="[199,334,1122,1147]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is an adjective,
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFD6DF25D1716FBE7" box="[742,806,1123,1146]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">aurea</emphasis>
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= golden in Latin, a reference to the golden colour of this fish.
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFF4CF2941550FB5E" bold="true" box="[199,352,1194,1219]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E3B3EAD20F79267EFEECF29415C7FB5F" box="[359,503,1194,1218]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Pethia aurea</emphasis>
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is at present known from ponds in South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal,
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.
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