Pethia didi

Pethia didi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pethia
Species: P. didi
Binomial name
Pethia didi
(S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2005)
Synonyms
  • Puntius didi S. O. Kullander & F. Fang, 2005

Pethia didi is a species of cyprinid fish which has only been recorded in the vicinity of Myitkyina and Indawgyi Lake in the north of Myanmar.[2]

This is a small fish which can reach a length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) SL.[3] It is generally brownish with a dark vertical bar just behind the operculum and a round dark blotch on the caudal peduncle. The species P. tiantian – with a range close to P. didi – is similarly marked, but P. didi can be distinguished by its truncated lateral line, deeper body and longer dorsal fin, with two rows of dark markings rather than one.

References

  1. Dahanukar, N. 2010. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/168486/0. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.
  2. Kullander, S. O. & F. Fang (2005): Two New Species of Puntius from Northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Copeia, 2005(2), pp. 290–302
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pethia didi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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