Batuwita Sudesh, Maduwage Kalana, Sudasinghe Hiranya
Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Email: unknown.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Australia; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2015 Mar 23;3936(4):575-83. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.7.
The name Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala) is available for the Sri Lankan fish previously referred to P. ticto, being distinguished from its Indian congeners by the combination of the following characters; having ½4/1/3½ scales in transverse line on body; body depth 32.4-41.5% of standard length (SL); head length (HL) 26.1-29.2% of SL; snout length 25.3-35.6% of HL; eye diameter 24.4-31.9% of HL; a small black humeral spot on lateral-line scales 3 or 4; a black spot on caudal peduncle, on scales 16-18 of the lateral line series; 3 unbranched dorsal-fin rays, the last one strongly serrated, with 8-11 serrae.
黑斑佩氏无须魮（德氏）这个名称适用于之前被称为细纹佩氏无须魮的斯里兰卡鱼类，它与印度的同属鱼类的区别在于具有以下特征组合：身体横向线上有½4/1/3½片鳞片；体深为标准体长（SL）的32.4 - 41.5%；头长（HL）为SL的26.1 - 29.2%；吻长为HL的25.3 - 35.6%；眼径为HL的24.4 - 31.9%；在侧线鳞片3或4上有一个小的黑色肩部斑点；尾柄上有一个黑点，位于侧线系列的第16 - 18片鳞片上；3根不分枝的背鳍鳍条，最后一根有强烈的锯齿，有8 - 11个锯齿。
