Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India
Keywords:
Fish, New species, Puntius parrah, Manimala River, Kallumkal
Abstract
Taxonomic analysis of eight specimens of a cyprinid fish collected from Manimala River, Kerala, India revealed that they present several morphological differences from their congeners. The new species, Puntius viridis, is diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: eyes clearly visible from below ventral side; head depth lesser; one row of prominent elongated black spots on the middle of dorsal fin; a black band formed of dark spots present outer to operculum. 25-26 lateral line scales; 4½- 5½ scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; moderate scales on the breast region
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Remadevi K. 1993. On a small collection of fish from Javadi hills, North Arcot district, Tamil Nadu. Records of Zoological Survey of India.; 91(3-4): 353-360.
Talwar PK, Jhingran A. 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, 250-286.
Day F. 1865. The Fishes of Malabar. Bernard Quaritch, London., 208-211.
Day F. 1878. The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. William Dawson & Sons, London, 556-574.
Day F. 1889. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Fishes. I, Taylor and Francis, London, 209-334.
Hamilton F. 1822. An account of fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh Hurst, Robinson & Co, London, 312-389.
Jayaram KC. 1991. Revision of the genus Puntius Hamilton from the Indian region. Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 135, 178.
Jayaram KC. 2002. Fundamentals of Fish Taxonomy. Narendra Publishing House, Delhi. 53-65.
Jayaram KC. The Freshwater fishes of the Indian region. Narendra Publishing House, Delhi.; 118-134.
Jerdon TC. 2010. On the freshwater fishes of southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science, 15 (2): 302- 346.
Kumar KK, Pereira FGB and Radhakrishnan KV. 2011. Puntius madhusoodani (Teleosti: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from Manimala River, Kerala, South India. Biosystematica, 5 (2); 31- 37.
McClelland J. Indian Cyprinidae. 1839. Cosmo Publications, New Delhi, 246.
Misra KS. 1962. An aid to the identification of the common commercial fishes of India & Pakistan. Records of Indian Museum, 57(1-4): 320.
Nath P, Dey SC. 2000. Fish and fisheries of North Eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh). Narendra Publishing House, Delhi, 39-43.
Pethiyagoda R, Silva A, Maduwage K and Meegaskumbura M. 2008. Puntius kelumi, a new species of cyprinid fish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19 (3): 201- 214.
Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M and Maduwage K. 2012. A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
Pethiyagoda R. 2013. Haludaria, a replacement generic name for Dravidia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3646 (2): 199.
Remadevi K. 1993. On a small collection of fish from Javadi hills, North Arcot district, Tamil Nadu. Records of Zoological Survey of India.; 91(3-4): 353-360.
Talwar PK, Jhingran A. 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, 250-286.
Published
2014-01-18
How to Cite
Plamoottil, M., & Abraham, N. P. (2014). Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology, 3(7), 1093-1104. Retrieved from https://ojs.jresearchbiology.com/ojs1/index.php/jrb/article/view/318
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