Description of Silver Barb Barbonymus gonionotus (Bleeker, 1849) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Madura Island, Indonesia

Abstract

Barbonymus gonionotus, a fish species in the family Cyprinidae, is known from Western Indonesia. In Java, it was previously known only from the mainland and had never been reported from Madura Island, east of Java This paper provides the first description of B. gonionotus from the Kemuning River in Madura Island. The specimens of B. gonionotus were characterized as follows: dorsal fin rays 12; ventral fin rays 9; pectoral-fin rays 15-16; anal-fin rays 9. Description of specific morphological characters of sampled specimens is provided.