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.
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