Dawkinsia tambraparniei

Species of fish

Dawkinsia tambraparniei

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. tambraparniei

Binomial name
Dawkinsia tambraparniei

(Silas, 1954)

Synonyms

* Puntius arulius tambraparniei Silas, 1954
* Puntius tambraparniei Silas, 1954

Dawkinsia tambraparniei is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Tambraparni River basin in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. This species can reach a length of 12.8 centimetres (5.0 in) SL.[2]

## Taxonomy

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Dawkinsia tambraparniei was originally described as the subspecies Puntius arulius tambraparniei from the Tamiraparani River by E.G. Silas in 1953. This species was later classified under the new genus Dawkinisia.[3]

## Threats

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This species population has significantly decreased in recent years due to human activities such as sand mining.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Dahanukar, N. (2015). "Dawkinsia tambraparniei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T172449A70422868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T172449A70422868.en. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dawkinsia tambraparniei". FishBase. April 2013 version.
3. ^ Prem Kumar, K.; Padmanabhan, K.G.; Balasubramanian, N.K. (31 December 1984). "A note on the length-weight relationship of Puntius amphibius (Val.) (Pisces-Cyprinidae)". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 14 (1–2): 59–64\. doi:10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04. ISSN 0137-1592.1–2&rft.pages=59-64&rft.date=1984-12-31&rft_id=info:doi/10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04&rft.issn=0137-1592&rft.aulast=Prem+Kumar&rft.aufirst=K.&rft.au=Padmanabhan,+K.G.&rft.au=Balasubramanian,+N.K.&rft_id=http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Dawkinsia+tambraparniei" class="Z3988">
4. ^ Kannan, Karuppiah; Johnson, Jeyaraj; Kumar, Ajit; Gupta, Sandeep (31 March 2014). "Mitochondrial DNA variation in the endangered fish Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 44 (1): 3–8\. doi:10.3750/aip2014.44.1.01. ISSN 0137-1592.

Taxon identifiers

Dawkinsia tambraparniei|

* Wikidata: Q3758180
* ARKive: puntius-tambraparniei
* BOLD: 669694
* CoL: 6CFWT
* FishBase: 62214
* GBIF: 8350583
* iNaturalist: 491423
* IUCN: 172449
* NCBI: 643374
* Open Tree of Life: 797334

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