WoRMS taxon details
Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822)
282518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282518)
accepted
Species
Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924 · unaccepted
Barbus chrysopterus (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted
Barbus duvancellii (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Barbus sophore (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Leuciscus duvancellii Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Leuciscus duvaucelii Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted
Puntius chrysopterus (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted
Puntius modestus Kner, 1867 · unaccepted
Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839 · unaccepted
Systomus duvancellii (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Systomus sophore (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
(of Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 310, 389, Pl. 19 (fig. 86) [details]
page(s): 310, 389, Pl. 19 (fig. 86) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282518 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 310, 389, Pl. 19 (fig. 86) [details]
original description (of Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924) Fowler, H. W. (1924). Notes and descriptions of Indian fresh-water fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 76: 67-101. [details]
original description (of Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839) McClelland, J. (1839). Indian Cyprinidae. <em>Asiatic Researches.</em> v. 19 (pt 2): 217-471, Pls. 37-61. [details]
page(s): 310, 389, Pl. 19 (fig. 86) [details]
original description (of Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924) Fowler, H. W. (1924). Notes and descriptions of Indian fresh-water fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 76: 67-101. [details]
original description (of Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839) McClelland, J. (1839). Indian Cyprinidae. <em>Asiatic Researches.</em> v. 19 (pt 2): 217-471, Pls. 37-61. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (224 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Barbus chrysopterus (McClelland, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Barbus sophore (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Systomus sophore (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus duvaucelii Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Puntius modestus Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puntius sophore)
To Fishbase (from synonym Puntius modestus Kner, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus duvaucelii Valenciennes, 1844)
To Fishbase (from synonym Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (260 nucleotides; 225 proteins)
To GenBank (260 nucleotides; 225 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Barbus chrysopterus (McClelland, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Barbus sophore (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Systomus sophore (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus duvaucelii Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Puntius modestus Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puntius sophore)
To Fishbase (from synonym Puntius modestus Kner, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Barbus annandalei Fowler, 1924)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus duvaucelii Valenciennes, 1844)
To Fishbase (from synonym Systomus chrysopterus McClelland, 1839)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (260 nucleotides; 225 proteins)
To GenBank (260 nucleotides; 225 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
