Kantaka barb

The Kantaka barb (Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Western Ghats, India.[1][2][3] It inhabits large streams,[1] and grows to 15.0 cm (5.9 in) TL.[2]

Kantaka barb
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilichthys
Species:
O. brevidorsalis
Binomial name
Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis
(F. Day, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Semiplotus brevidorsalis Day, 1873

Cyprinion brevidorsalis (Day, 1873) Kantaka brevidorsalis (Day, 1873) Osteochilus brevidorsalis (Day, 1873) Scaphiodon brevidorsalis (Day, 1873)

References
  1. Shaji, C.P. (2013). "Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2015.


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