Manipur baril

Species of fish

Manipur baril

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Danionidae
Genus:  | Opsarius
Species:  |

O. dogarsinghi

Binomial name
Opsarius dogarsinghi

(Hora, 1921)[2]

Synonyms

Barilius dogarsinghi Hora, 1921

Opsarius dogarsinghi is a fish in the genus Opsarius of the family Danionidae. It is found in Manipur, India.

## Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Sardar Dogar Singh, the State Overseer, in Manipur, India, who gave Hora lots of help in the collection of specimens which included the holotype of this one. He also helped arrange survey tours of local areas.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Barilius dogarsinghi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166631A6251159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166631A6251159.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opsarius dogarsinghi". FishBase.
3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

Taxon identifiers

Barilius dogarsinghi|

* Wikidata: Q3761394
* Wikispecies: Barilius dogarsinghi
* ARKive: barilius-dogarsinghi
* CoL: KPYP
* EoL: 225926
* FishBase: 24327
* GBIF: 2363326
* iNaturalist: 95407
* IRMNG: 11229067
* ITIS: 688805
* IUCN: 166631
* Open Tree of Life: 3625988
* WoRMS: 1016823
* ZooBank: D1DDEE0A-EA19-464A-A387-1EBB5473D0EB

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