Pristolepis procerus (Perciformes: Pristolepididae), a New Fish Species from Kerala, India

Mathews Plamoottil

Abstract

Pristolepis procerus, new species, can be distinguished from its congeners in having a blackish brown and higher body, dusky fins, longer head, greater number of soft rays in dorsal fin and elongated pectoral, pelvic and caudal fin. The new species is described and compared with its relative species.