Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis

Species of ray-finned fish

Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Smiliogastrinae
Genus:  | Dawkinsia
Species:  |

D. chalakkudiensis

Binomial name
Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis

(Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999)

Synonyms

* Puntius chalakkudiensis Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999
* Sahyadria chalakkudiensis (Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999)

Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Chalakkudy River,[2] Kerala, India in the Western Ghats where it can be found in well-vegetated upper reaches of rivers. This species can reach a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) TL.[2] It resembles the related D. denisonii, but the colours of D. chalakkudiensis are less intense.

This fish along with D. denisonii is also known as Miss Kerala due to its bright color band and shiny scales.[3] It is endangered by the international pet trade, habitat alteration, fisheries, and invasive fish.[1] The presence of a black marking in the dorsal-fin identifies this species from D. denisonii.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Raghavan, R.; Ali, A. (2015). "Sahyadria chalakkudiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T172312A70170251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T172312A70170251.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis". FishBase. July 2024 version.
3. ^ "ഈ കുഞ്ഞൻ മീനിന് മിസ് കേരള എന്ന പേര് നൽകിയത് ഒരു വനിതയാണ്, ആരാണവർ?". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
4. ^ "Sahyadria chalakkudiensis (Puntius chalakkudiensis) — Seriously Fish". Retrieved 21 August 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Sahyadria chalakkudiensis|

* Wikidata: Q28149628
* Wikispecies: Sahyadria chalakkudiensis
* BOLD: 747417
* CoL: 4TZFF
* FishBase: 59835
* GBIF: 7679433
* iNaturalist: 499231
* IUCN: 172312
* NCBI: 723640
* WoRMS: 1010354

Puntius chalakkudiensis|

* Wikidata: Q167104
* ARKive: puntius-chalakkudiensis
* CoL: 4QJ2K
* EoL: 210391
* GBIF: 2364147
* IRMNG: 10146425
* ITIS: 689793
* Open Tree of Life: 661074
* ZooBank: B4E48E91-D108-4293-94F8-D05D826A0C98

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