Interrelationships among the Species of the Genus Puntius (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) as Indicated by the Meristic and Morphological Characters

dc.contributor.author	Kotalawala, A.B.
dc.contributor.author	Jinadasa, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-03-01T03:57:47Z
dc.date.available	2013-03-01T03:57:47Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.citation	Kotalawala, A.B., & Jinadasa, J. (1992). Interrelationships among the Species of the Genus Puntius (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) as Indicated by the Meristic and Morphological Characters. Vidyodaya Journal of Science, 4(1), 39-57.	en-US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/818
dc.description.sponsorship	The studies of two morphological and fifteen meristic characters of twelve species of Puntius showed that the most successful characters in separating 'species were the counts of gill rakers, lateral line scales, vertebrae and pectoral rays. The other characters are less successful. The number of spines and rays of anal and pelvic fins are constant in the genus. Based on the 17 characters studied the twelve species of Puntius fall into three clusters: one containing 'five species, the other containing two species and the third cluster with five ':species. The species of the first two clusters were associated with higher meris- , tic characters, presence of barbels and complete lateral line. The species of the third cluster were associated with low meristic features and they were without barbels with the exception of one species with two barbels. Four species of the third cluster contained with incomplete lateral line while the other one had a complete lateral line.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Taxonomy	en_US
dc.subject	Cyprinidae	en_US
dc.subject	Puntius	en_US
dc.subject	Morphological characters	en_US
dc.subject	Meristic charac- ters	en_US
dc.subject	Significantly different	en_US
dc.subject	Mean	en_US
dc.subject	Mode	en_US
dc.subject	Range	en_US
dc.title	Interrelationships among the Species of the Genus Puntius (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) as Indicated by the Meristic and Morphological Characters	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US