Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae)

Abstract

Pristolepis rubripinnis, new species, from the Pamba and Chalakudy rivers in Kerala, India, is distinguished from all otherspecies of the genus by its colour pattern, which includes orange-red soft dorsal, soft anal and caudal fins, and a yellow toorange pelvic fin. It differs further from its southern Indian congener P. marginata in having 4 or 5 scales above the lateral line (vs. 3) and 10 scales below it (vs. 9)