| Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Smiliogastrinae |
| 8.34 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range - 2 m |
| Asia: Kallada River in Kerala, India. |
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Adults are distinguished from all other Indian and Sri Lankan Puntius by possessing unique color pattern: a black blotch 2-3 scales wide starting on and above scale 6 or 7 of lateral line series; and another horizontally-elongate, black, tear-shaped blotch about 1 1/2 scales high commencing on lateral line slightly anterior to or above anal-fin origin, on about lateral-line scale row 13 and continuing to caudal fin base (Ref. 55036).
Description: Lateral line with 20, 21 or 22 pored scales, plus 2-3 pored scales on caudal fin base. Pectoral fin with one simple and 14 or 15 branched rays (Ref. 55036). |
| Occurs in clear-water, rock and pebble substrate areas (Ref. 55036). Inhabits both slow-flowing pools and relatively fast-flowing areas (Ref. 55036). |
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Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 03 April 2010 (B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known from Kallada River, between the steep cascades that descend from the Western Ghat mountains of Kerala, at Tenmalai, about 12 km upstream of the area where this river meets the coastal floodplain (Ref. 55036). Collected both from upstream and downstream of the Tenmalai Reservoir on the Kallada River (Ref. 55036). |
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