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Dawkinsia rohani

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Species of fish

Dawkinsia rohani
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Dawkinsia
Species: D. rohani
Binomial name
Dawkinsia rohani
(Rema Devi, Indra & Knight, 2010)
Synonyms
  • Puntius rohani Rema Devi, Indra & Knight, 2010

Dawkinsia rohani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Dawkinsia. It is endemic to the Western Ghats and inhabits the hill streams of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu draining into the Arabian Sea.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Rohan Pethiyagoda (b. 1955), in recognition of his work on the freshwater fishes of India and Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ^ Dahanukar, N. (2015). "Dawkinsia rohani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188749A70367702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T188749A70367702.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dawkinsia rohani". FishBase.
  3. Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
  4. Devi, K. Rema; Indra, T.J.; Knight, J.D. Marcus (26 August 2010). "Puntius rohani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb in the Puntius filamentosus group from southern Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (9): 1121–1129. doi:10.11609/jott.o2505.1121-9.
Taxon identifiers
Dawkinsia rohani


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