Biology:Pethia muvattupuzhaensis
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Pethia |
| Species: | P. muvattupuzhaensis
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| Pethia muvattupuzhaensis (Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005)
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Pethia muvattupuzhaensis is a species of cyprinid fish found in Muvattupuzha and Periyar Rivers, Kerala, India . It is sometimes considered conspecific with Pethia punctata. Day, 1865 [1] This species can be found over sand or gravel substrates. This species reaches a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) SL.[2]
References
- ↑ Katwate, U., Baby, F., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2014): The identity of Pethia punctata, a senior synonym of P. muvattupuzhaensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3884 (3): 201–221.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pethia muvattupuzhaensis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q953312 entry
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