Hypselobarbus
| Hypselobarbus | |
|---|---|
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| Hypselobarbus musullah | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Hypselobarbus Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus mussullah Sykes, 1839 | |
Hypselobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to India.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
- Hypselobarbus canarensis Jerdon, 1849 [1]
- Hypselobarbus curmuca F. Hamilton, 1807 (Curmuca barb)
- Hypselobarbus dobsoni F. Day, 1876 (Krishna carp)
- Hypselobarbus dubius F. Day, 1867 (Nilgiris barb)
- Hypselobarbus jerdoni F. Day, 1870 (Jerdon's carp)
- Hypselobarbus kolus Sykes, 1839 (Kolus barb)
- Hypselobarbus kurali Menon & Rema Devi, 1995
- Hypselobarbus lithopidos F. Day, 1874 (Canara barb)
- Hypselobarbus menoni Arunachalam, S. Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 [2]
- Hypselobarbus micropogon Valenciennes, 1842 (Korhi barb)
- Hypselobarbus mussullah Sykes, 1839 (Humpback mahseer)
- Hypselobarbus periyarensis B. S. Raj, 1941
- Hypselobarbus pulchellus F. Day, 1870
- Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei Arunachalam, S. Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 [2]
- Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis Arunachalam, S. Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 [2]
References
- ↑ Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A. & D’Souza, R.K.P. (2013): On the identities of Barbus mussullah Sykes and Cyprinus curmuca Hamilton with notes on the status of Gobio canarensis Jerdon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3750 (3): 201–215.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S., Chandran, A. & Mayden, R.L. (2014): On the identies of Cyprinus (= Hypselobarbus) curmuca Hamilton, Barbus (= Hypselobarbus) kolus Sykes, and Hypselobarbus kurali Menon and Rema Devi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with descriptions of three new species of Hypselobarbus from peninsular India. Species, 11 (31): 72-94.