Travancoria elongata

Species of fish

Travancoria elongata

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

T. elongata

Binomial name
Travancoria elongata

Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994

Travancoria elongata, which is also known as Periyar loach, (മലയാളം: നെടും കൽനക്കി) is an endangered species[2] of freshwater fish only found in Chalakudy River and Periyar River,[3] from the family of Balitoridae (River loaches).[4] These fishes grows up to 11 centimetres (4.3 in) long. Large-scale capture of these species from rivers in order to export them to the international market as ornamental fish has become a threat to this species. Included in the Red Data Book, they are on the verge of extinction.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Travancoria elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172320A6867198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172320A6867198.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Travancoria elongata". FishBase. August 2021 version.
3. ^ "(PDF) New records of the Endangered balitorid loach, Travancoria elongata Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994, from the Kerala part of the Western Ghats, India". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
4. ^ "ADW: Travancoria elongata: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

## External links

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* Periyar loach video

Taxon identifiers

Travancoria elongata|

* Wikidata: Q4874666
* BOLD: 797386
* CoL: 57YJ8
* EoL: 211517
* FishBase: 54296
* GBIF: 2358117
* iNaturalist: 114326
* IRMNG: 10812828
* ITIS: 640159
* IUCN: 172320
* NCBI: 1491710
* Open Tree of Life: 3628467
* WoRMS: 1010911

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