Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species (cypriniformes; cyprinidae) from Kerala, India
Keywords:
Western Ghats, Mananthavady River, New description, Puntius viridis
Abstract
Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species of the family Cyprinidae, is described from Mananthavady River of Kerala, India. It is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: body deeper, maxillary barbels shorter and never reach nostrils, dorsal fin shorter, 9 branched rays in dorsal fin and 6 branched rays in anal fin, last unbranched dorsal fin ray feebly ossified and flexible, 27 lateral line scales, pre pelvic distance greater, caudal peduncle wide and lateral line straight.
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Kumar KK, Pereira FGB and Radhakrishnan KV. 2011. Puntius madhusoodani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from Manimala River, Kerala, South India, Biosystematica. 5 (2): 31- 37.
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.
Plamoottil M and Abraham NP. 2013. Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India, Journal of Research in Biology. 3 (7): 1093-1104.
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 and Norgate, London. (suppl.) 556-574.
Day F. 1889. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Edited by W. T. Blanford. Fishes, by Francis Day. 2, 8: London: Taylor and Francis, 1889. Fishes. I, Taylor and Francis, London. 209-334.
Hamilton F. 1822. An Account of Fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. 90, Cheapside, London. 312-389.
Jayaram KC. 1991. Revision of the genus Puntius Hamilton (Pisces: Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Cyprininae). from Indian region. Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 135: 178.
Jayaram KC. 2002. Fundamentals of Fish Taxonomy. Narendra Publishing House, Delhi. 174 p.
Jerdon TC. 1849. 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 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from Manimala River, Kerala, South India, Biosystematica. 5 (2): 31- 37.
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.
Plamoottil M and Abraham NP. 2013. Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India, Journal of Research in Biology. 3 (7): 1093-1104.
Published
2014-12-31
How to Cite
Plamoottil, M. (2014). Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species (cypriniformes; cyprinidae) from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology, 4(8), 1581-1588. Retrieved from https://ojs.jresearchbiology.com/ojs1/index.php/jrb/article/view/517
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