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Pristolepis
Pristolepis is a genus of fish in the family Pristolepididae, and a member of the order Anabantiformes. It is native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and India's Western Ghats.
Their relationship to other members of the order was previously uncertain, with the 5th edition of Fishes of the World placing the family outside the order, alongside the Nandidae and Pristolepididae, in an unnamed and unranked but monophyletic clade. However, they are now placed in the anantiform suborder Nandoidei. Alongside the Nandidae, they are commonly known as "Asian leaffish".
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Malayan Leaffish
speciesPristolepis fasciata
Indonesian Leaffish
speciesPristolepis grootii
Pristolepis rubripinnis
speciesPristolepis rubripinnis
Malabar Leaffish
speciesPristolepis marginata
Pristolepis pauciradiata
speciesPristolepis pauciradiata
Pristolepis malabarica
speciesPristolepis malabarica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91307.