Common Catopra
Pristolepis marginata Jerdon, 1849
Also calledChemballi (mal) · Chuttichi (mal)
First described in: Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh water fishes of southern India. <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 1) (no. 34) (art. 2): 139-149. [For 1848.].
The Malabar Leaffish (Pristolepis marginata) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Pristolepididae. It lives in the Western Ghats in India.
== References ==
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Jerdon (1849) listed the east-flowing Mananthavady, the west-flowing Kuttyadi and the west-flowing Kannoth Rivers as the type localities of Pristolepis marginata. Repeated sampling in Kuttyadi and Kannoth, however, resulted in the collection of Pristolepis specimens that possess only three anal-fin spines. These specimens were also genetically distinct from P. marginata specimens from Mananthavady. The specimens from Kuttyadi and Kannoth, morphologically correspond to P. malabarica Günther, 1864. We therefore conclude that P. marginata is restricted to tributaries of the east-flowing Cauvery River including the Kabini, Harangi and Hemavathy Rivers (Fig. 1).
Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2399381.