Hypselobarbus jerdoni

Hypselobarbus jerdoni, also known as Jerdon's carp, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to India where it is found in larger streams of southern Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. This species can grow to a length of 46 centimetres (18 in) TL. It is caught commercially for human consumption.[2][3]

Hypselobarbus jerdoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Hypselobarbus
Species:
H. jerdoni
Binomial name
Hypselobarbus jerdoni
(F. Day, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Barbus jerdoni F. Day, 1870
  • Puntius jerdoni (F. Day, 1870)

References

  1. Shaji, C.P. (2015). "Hypselobarbus jerdoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T172396A70092703. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypselobarbus jerdoni" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Day, Francis (1889). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Fishes (PDF). 1. London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 1 January 2017.


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