Nilgiris barb

Nilgiris barb
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Hypselobarbus
Species:	H. dubius
Binomial name
	Hypselobarbus dubius; (F. Day, 1867)
Synonyms
	Puntius dubius Day, 1867; Barbus dubius (Day, 1867); Gonoproktopterus dubius (Day, 1867);

The Nilgiris barb (Hypselobarbus dubius), also called the cock fish, is a tropical species of freshwater cyprinid fish. It is native to India. It is potamodromous, benthopelagic, and less than 25 cm long.[2]

References

Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Hypselobarbus dubius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172384A6880572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172384A6880572.en. Downloaded on 18 December 2017.
Day, Francis (1889). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Fishes (PDF). 1. London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

Footnotes

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Hypselobarbus dubius" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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[IUCN-1] Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Hypselobarbus dubius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172384A6880572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172384A6880572.en. Downloaded on 18 December 2017.

[Day1889-2] Day, Francis (1889). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Fishes (PDF). 1. London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 1 January 2017.