Pethia muvattupuzhaensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Pethia |
Species: | P. muvattupuzhaensis
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Binomial name | |
Pethia muvattupuzhaensis (Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005)
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Pethia muvattupuzhaensis is a species of cyprinid fish found in Muvattupuzha and Periyar Rivers, Kerala, India. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Pethia punctata. Day, 1865 [1] This species can be found over sand or gravel substrates. This species reaches a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) SL.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Katwate, U., Baby, F., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2014): The identity of Pethia punctata, a senior synonym of P. muvattupuzhaensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3884 (3): 201–221.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pethia muvattupuzhaensis". FishBase. November 2014 version.