Pristolepis grootii

Pristolepis grootii, commonly known as the Indonesian leaffish, is a fish native to streams of the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung and Borneo, and Thailand.[2] It is part of the first Western Indonesian and Sulawesi Freshwater fish species recorded by December 31, 1991 along with another 963 species. Further research lead to the discovery of other 79 fish species in the area. By May 31st, 1996 deletions and additions were made revealing a grand total of 1032 known fish species in the area. [3] The specific name honours the Dutch naturalist and ethnographer Cornelis de Groot van Embden (1817-1896).[4]

Pristolepis grootii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pristolepididae
Genus: Pristolepis
Species:
P. grootii
Binomial name
Pristolepis grootii
(Bleeker, 1852)
Synonyms[2]
  • Catopra fasciata Bleeker, 1851
  • Catopra nandoides Bleeker, 1851
  • Catopra siamensis Günther, 1862

References
  1. Ng, H.H. (2019). "Pristolepis grootii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T181308A1720074. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pristolepis grootii" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  3. Kottelat, Maurice & Whitten, Tony, 1953- (1993). Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, [Jakarta]
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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