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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Pethia: Pethia is the generic vernacular name for small cyprinids in Sinhala.; pookodensis: Named after the type locality..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 12°N - 10°N, 75°E - 77°E (Ref. 78621)

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Asia: Pookode Lake in Kerala, India.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78621)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-8; Anal spines: 8; Anal soft rays: 5. An elongate Puntius species without barbel and with an osseous principal spiny ray. Fresh specimens with iridescent silver body and yellowish fins. Two spots along the lateral line, one on shoulder, one on caudal peduncle, linked by a thin dark line. Sometimes a faint third spot after the second.

Known from 27 specimens (Ref. 78621).

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Mercy, T.V.A. and J. Eapen, 2007. A new species of Teleostei: Puntius pookodensis (Cyprinidae) from Wayanad, Kerala, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (1):76-78. (Ref. 78621)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 11 June 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00447 - 0.03086), b=3.00 (2.77 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.7 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Pethia pookodensis (Mercy & Jacob, 2007)