Nilgiris barb

Species of fish

Nilgiris barb

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

H. dubius

Binomial name
Hypselobarbus dubius

(F. Day, 1867)

Synonyms

* Puntius dubius Day, 1867
* Barbus dubius (Day, 1867)
* Gonoproktopterus dubius (Day, 1867)

The Nilgiris barb (Hypselobarbus dubius), also called the cock fish, is a tropical species of freshwater cyprinid fish. It is native to India. It is potamodromous, benthopelagic, and less than 25 cm long.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Hypselobarbus dubius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172384A6880572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172384A6880572.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Day, Francis (1889). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Fishes (PDF). Vol. 1\. London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

## Footnotes[edit]

* Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hypselobarbus dubius" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

Taxon identifiers

Hypselobarbus dubius|

* Wikidata: Q971728
* Wikispecies: Hypselobarbus dubius
* ARKive: hypselobarbus-dubius
* BOLD: 665873
* CoL: 3P2ZD
* EoL: 1012928
* FishBase: 13164
* GBIF: 2366530
* iNaturalist: 103183
* IRMNG: 10454328
* ITIS: 689235
* IUCN: 172384
* NCBI: 999356
* WoRMS: 1020824

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