Dawkinsia tambraparniei
Dawkinsia tambraparniei is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Tambraparni River basin in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. This species can reach a length of 12.8 centimetres (5.0 in) SL.[2] Dawkinsia tambraparniei specie was originally described as Puntius arulius tambraparniei from Tamiraparani River by Silas (1953) (Kannan, K, Johnson. A.J, Malleshappa. H., 2013). This species has been categorized under the new genus Dawkinisia (Pethyagoda. R, Meegaskumbura. M, Maduwage. k, 2012). This specie population has significantly decrease in recent years due to human activities like sand mining (Kannan, K, Johnson. A.J, Malleshappa. H., 2013)
| Dawkinsia tambraparniei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Dawkinsia |
| Species: | D. tambraparniei |
| Binomial name | |
| Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Silas, 1954) | |
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References
- Dahanukar, N. 2011. Puntius tambraparniei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dawkinsia tambraparniei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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