Laubuka latens

Laubuka latens is a species of small fish of the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae, and the Danio subfamily. It was described in 2015 from specimens collected in the Cauvery River and its tributaries in the Western Ghats of India. This species and Laubuka trevori had been thought to be local variants of the Indian glass barb (L. laubuca) but were shown to be different species. The unique features of L. latens are that it has 7½ branched rays in its dorsal fin with 5 branched rays in its pelvic fin; it has 14 precaudal vertebrae and 17–18 predorsal scales; aw s well as 5+4+2 teeth on the fifth ceratobranchial bone. It can also be distinguished from its close relatives by its plain unmarked body, lacking stripes.[1]

Laubuka latens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Laubuka
Species:
L. latens
Binomial name
Laubuka latens
Knight, 2015

References

  1. J.D. Marcus Knight (2015). "Description of two new species of Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from River Cauvery, southern Iandia". 4000 (5). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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