Kottelatia brittani
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Kottelatia brittani ( Syn .: Rasbora brittani ) is a small freshwater fish that is found on the Malay Peninsula .
features
Kottelatia brittani has an elongated, laterally flattened body that reaches a maximum length of 5 cm. The head is pointed, the lower jaw without a symphysis button. The body is brass-colored, the back darker, the belly silvery. On the front body there is a thin, silvery line, on the tail fin stalk a black spot above and below which a red spot lies. With the exception of the first two to three rays of the dorsal fin, which are orange at the base , all fins are colorless and transparent. The iris is silvery, its top is golden. The sideline is incomplete.
- Fin formula : dorsal 2/7, anal 3/5, pectoral 1/12, ventral 2/8.
- Scale formula : mLR 30-33; QR 11; SL 8-10.
Systematics
The species was assigned to the collective genus Rasbora by Herbert R. Axelrod in the first description . In 2009 Liao, Kullander & Fang established the genus Kottelatia for the species . The name was given in honor of the Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat . The specific epithet brittani is a dedication name for MR Brittan, who in 1954 published a revision of the genus Rasbora . According to Tang et al. (2010) The species is, however, as a sister species of Schönflossenbärblings ( Rasbora kalochroma ) deep within Rasbora sensu lato .
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liao, TY, SO Kullander & F. Fang (2009): Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). - Zoologica Scripta doi : 10.1111 / j.1463-6409.2009.00409.x
- ↑ Tang, KL et al. (2010): Systematics of the subfamily Danioninae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 189-214.
Web links
- Kottelatia brittani on Fishbase.org (English)