WoRMS taxon details
Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844)
1012593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1012593)
accepted
Species
Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978 · unaccepted
Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917 · unaccepted (synonym)
Amblypharyngodon jerdoni (Day, 1865) · unaccepted
Amblypharyngodon melettina (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Brachygramma jerdoni Day, 1865 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus melettinus Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1012593 on 2026-01-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917) Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1917). Notes on a collection of fishes from Ceylon with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 11 (nos. 3-4) (art. 17): 430-460, Pls. 43-45. [details]
original description (of Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849) Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. (Continued from p. 149.). <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 2): 302-346. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978) Babu Rao, M. ; Nair, N. B. (1978). On a new species of Amblypharyngodon (Cyprininae - Cyprinidae) from Trivandrum (Kerala - India). <em>Aquatic Biology.</em> v. 3: 121-125. [details]
original description (of Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865) Day, F. (1865). On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar Coast of India. Part II. Anacanthini. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865.</em> (pt 1): 286-318.
page(s): 304 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849) Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. (Continued from p. 149.). <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 2): 302-346. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978) Babu Rao, M. ; Nair, N. B. (1978). On a new species of Amblypharyngodon (Cyprininae - Cyprinidae) from Trivandrum (Kerala - India). <em>Aquatic Biology.</em> v. 3: 121-125. [details]
original description (of Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865) Day, F. (1865). On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar Coast of India. Part II. Anacanthini. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865.</em> (pt 1): 286-318.
page(s): 304 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblypharyngodon melettinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Amblypharyngodon jerdoni (Day, 1865))
To Fishbase (from synonym Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844)
To Fishbase (from synonym Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon melettina (Valenciennes, 1844))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To NHMUK collection (Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2598296) (from synonym Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblypharyngodon melettinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Amblypharyngodon jerdoni (Day, 1865))
To Fishbase (from synonym Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844)
To Fishbase (from synonym Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon melettina (Valenciennes, 1844))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917)
To NHMUK collection (Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2598296) (from synonym Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
