Biology:Dawkinsia tambraparniei
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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: | Dawkinsia |
| Species: | D. tambraparniei
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| Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Silas, 1954)
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Dawkinsia tambraparniei is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Tambraparni River basin in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. This species can reach a length of 12.8 centimetres (5.0 in) SL.[2]
Taxonomy
Dawkinsia tambraparniei was originally described as the subspecies Puntius arulius tambraparniei from the Tamiraparani River by E.G. Silas in 1953. This species was later classified under the new genus Dawkinisia.[3]
Threats
This species population has significantly decrease in recent years due to human activities such as sand mining.[4]
References
- ↑ Dahanukar, N. 2011. Puntius tambraparniei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org >. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dawkinsia tambraparniei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ Prem Kumar, K.; Padmanabhan, K.G.; Balasubramanian, N.K. (1984-12-31). "A note on the length-weight relationship of Puntius amphibius (Val.) (Pisces-Cyprinidae)". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 14 (1-2): 59–64. doi:10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04. ISSN 0137-1592. http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04.
- ↑ Kannan, Karuppiah; Johnson, Jeyaraj; Kumar, Ajit; Gupta, Sandeep (2014-03-31). "Mitochondrial DNA variation in the endangered fish Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 44 (1): 3–8. doi:10.3750/aip2014.44.1.01. ISSN 0137-1592. http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aip2014.44.1.01.
Wikidata ☰ Q3758180 entry
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