Systomus laticeps is a species of cyprinid fish which was described in 2016 from specimens taken in Kerala, southern India. It is found in single freshwater stream at Thiruvalla in the Pathanamthitta District where a confluence of rivers flowing through low-lying areas creates this fishes habitat. The stream is 1-2m deep in the summer monsoon and 37 cm across, it has muddy substrates and has a dense growth of emergent vegetation.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Systomus |
| Species: | S. laticeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Systomus laticeps Plamoottil, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Systomus laticeps Plamoottil, 2016". Fishbase. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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