Biology:Sahyadria

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Sahyadria
Puntius denisonii 1.jpg
Denison barb (S. denisonii)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Sahyadria
Raghavan, Philip, Ali & Dahanukar, 2013[1]
Type species
Labeo denisonii
F. Day, 1865

Sahyadria is a genus of cyprinid fishes[2] native to India where they are endemic to rivers and streams in the Western Ghats.[1] They were formerly included in Puntius.[1] The largest Sahyadria measure 15 cm (5.9 in) total length.[3]

Etymology

The name of this genus is derived from the word "Sahyadri", a local name for the Western Ghats.[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Sahyadria chalakkudiensis (Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999)
  • Sahyadria denisonii (F. Day, 1865) – Denison barb; red line torpedo barb

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Raghavan, Rajeev; Philip, Siby; Ali, Anvar; Dahanukar, Neelesh (26 November 2013). "Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (15): 4932–4938. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3673.4932-8. 
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Sahyadria". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=11287. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Sahyadria in FishBase. April 2019 version.

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