Dawkinsia rohani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Dawkinsia.[3] It is endemic to the Western Ghats and inhabits the hill streams of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu draining into the Arabian Sea.[1]
Dawkinsia rohani | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Dawkinsia |
Species: | D. rohani |
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Dawkinsia rohani | |
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The fish is named in honor of Rohan Pethiyagoda (b. 1955), in recognition of his work on the freshwater fishes of India and Sri Lanka.[4]
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