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Sahyadria is a genus of cyprinid fishes[2] native to India where they are endemic to rivers and streams in the Western Ghats.[1] They were formerly included in Puntius.[1] The largest Sahyadria measure 15 cm (5.9 in) total length.[3]

Sahyadria
Denison barb (S. denisonii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Sahyadria
Raghavan, Philip, Ali & Dahanukar, 2013[1]
Type species
Labeo denisonii
F. Day, 1865

Etymology


The name of this genus is derived from the word "Sahyadri", a local name for the Western Ghats.[1]


Species


There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]


References


  1. Raghavan, Rajeev; Philip, Siby; Ali, Anvar & Dahanukar, Neelesh (26 November 2013). "Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (15): 4932–4938. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3673.4932-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sahyadria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Sahyadria in FishBase. April 2019 version.


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