Hypselobarbus
| Hypselobarbus | |
|---|---|
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| Hypselobarbus mussullah | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Hypselobarbus Bleeker, 1860 |
| Synonyms | |
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Gonoproktopterus Bleeker, 1860 | |
Hypselobarbus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India. These species is on the 'brink of extinction' due to pollution, sand extraction and hydel power projects.[1]
Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:
- Hypselobarbus bicolor Knight, A. Rai, D'souza, Philip & Dahanukar, 2016 [2]
- Hypselobarbus canarensis (Jerdon, 1849) [3]
- Hypselobarbus carnaticus (Jerdon, 1849) [4]
- Hypselobarbus curmuca (F. Hamilton, 1807) [5]
- Hypselobarbus dobsoni (F. Day, 1876)
- Hypselobarbus dubius (F. Day, 1867)
- Hypselobarbus gracilis (Jerdon, 1849) [6]
- Hypselobarbus jerdoni (F. Day, 1870)
- Hypselobarbus keralaensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 [3]
- Hypselobarbus kolus (Sykes, 1839) [5]
- Hypselobarbus kurali Menon & Rema Devi, 1995 [5]
- Hypselobarbus lithopidos (F. Day, 1874) [7]
- Hypselobarbus menoni Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 [5]
- Hypselobarbus micropogon (Valenciennes, 1842)
- Hypselobarbus mussullah (Sykes, 1839) [8]
- Hypselobarbus nasutus Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 [6]
- Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 [9]
- Hypselobarbus periyarensis (B. S. Raj, 1941)
- Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 [8]
- Hypselobarbus pulchellus (F. Day, 1870)
- Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 [5]
- Hypselobarbus thomassi (F. Day, 1874) [7]
- Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 [5]
References
- ↑ "Iconic Indian fish on verge of extinction: Study". ZeeNews.
- ↑ Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D'souza, R.K.P., Philip, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2016): Hypselobarbus bicolor, a new species of large barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4184 (2): 316–328.
- 1 2 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): Description of a new species of Hypselobarbus from Kerala region of Western Ghats, peninsular India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3 (2): 73-81.
- ↑ Arunachalam, M., Raja, M., Muralidharan, M. & Mayden, R.L. (2012): Phylogenetic Relationships of Species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): An Enigmatic Clade Endemic to Aquatic Systems of India. Zootaxa, 3499: 63-73.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S., Chandran, A. & Mayden, R.L. (2014): On the identies of Cyprinus (=Hypselobarbus) curmuca Hamilton, Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) kolus Sykes, and Hypselobarbus kurali Menon and Rema Devi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with descriptions of three new species of Hypselobarbus from peninsular India. Species, 11 (31): 72-94.
- 1 2 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): On the identity of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) gracilis Jerdon (1849) and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India. FishTaxa, 1 (2): 75-83.
- 1 2 Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A. & D'souza, R.K.P. (2013): Re-description of Hypselobarbus lithopidos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), based on its rediscovery from the Western Ghats, India, with notes on H. thomassi. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (13): 4734–4742.
- 1 2 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): Remarkable rediscovery of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) mussullah (Sykes) after 175 years of hiatus and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus Bleeker from peninsular India (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes). FishTaxa, 1 (1): 1-13.
- ↑ Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): New species of Hypselobarbus (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes) from Cauvery River Basin, South India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 4 (1): 99-106.
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