Biology:Khavli barb

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Short description: Species of fish

Khavli barb
Puntius sahyadriensis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Puntius
Species:
P. sahyadriensis
Binomial name
Puntius sahyadriensis
Silas, 1953[2]
Waikhomia sahyadriensis (Maharaja Barb) in a Western Ghat hillstream in Karnataka, India
Waikhomia sahyadriensis (Maharaja Barb) in a Western Ghat hillstream in Karnataka, India

The Khavli barb or Indian maharaja barb (Puntius sahyadriensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in Maharashtra, India .[1]

Reportedly, the scientific name of this species has been changed recently by a group of Indian ichthyologists. This species is now placed under the newly described genus Waikhomia, which is in the honour of ace Indian ichthyologist Vishwanath Waikhom. He has described over 100 species of fish from India. The newly accepted scientific name for the species is Waikhomia sahyadriensis.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Puntius sahyadriensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2011: e.T172394A6883015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172394A6883015.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172394/0. Retrieved 26 December 2017. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius sahyadriensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3761663 entry