Garra ceylonensis, Bleeker, 1863

Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Kottelat, Maurice & Pethiyagoda, Rohan, 2025, The collection of Sri Lankan freshwater fishes reported on by Pieter Bleeker (1863) (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae, Danionidae, Nemacheilidae), Zootaxa 5647 (5), pp. 461-468 : 462

Garra ceylonensis

( Figure 1a–d )

Material examined. Syntypes, 3 ex., RMNH.PISC.2069.A , 88.1 mm SL; RMNH.PISC.2069.B , 65.4 mm SL; RMNH.PISC.2069.C , 65.6 mm SL .

For metric and meristic data, see Table 1 .

These specimens are consistent with the species identified as Garra ceylonensis by Sudasinghe et al. (2021a).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Syntypes of Garra ceylonensis, a, RMNH.PISC.2069.A, 88.1 mm SL; b, RMNH.PISC.2069.B, 65.4 mm SL; and c, RMNH. PISC.2069.C, 65.6 mm SL; d, illustration of Garra ceylonensis from Bleeker (1864: p. 1, fig. 4). Holotype of Systomus pleurotaenia: e, RMNH.PISC.2414, 121 mm SL; f, illustration from Bleeker (1864: pl. 3, fig. 2). Devario micronema, g, holotype, RMNH.PISC.2746.A, 60.0 mm SL; h, Devario lineolatus, syntype, RMNH.PISC.2746.B, 59.2 mm SL; and illustrations of i, D. micronema and j, D. lineolatus, from Bleeker (1864: pl. 4, figs. 2,3 resp.); k, D. micronema, recent specimen, DZ3857, 52.4 mm SL, showing process on first infraorbital (io) and shape of ‘spinule’ on supraorbital.