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Cauvery barb, the Glossary

Index Cauvery barb

The Cauvery barb (Puntius cauveriensis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Cauvery River in Karnataka, India.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Cyprinidae, Endemism, India, Karnataka, Kaveri, Sunder Lal Hora.

  2. Puntius stubs
  3. Taxa named by Sunder Lal Hora

Cyprinidae

Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Karnataka

Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.

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Kaveri

The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicised name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri River rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu district of the state of Karnataka, at an elevation of 1,341 m above mean sea level and flows for about 800 km before its outfall into the Bay of Bengal.

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Sunder Lal Hora

Sunder Lal Hora (22 May 1896 – 8 December 1955) was an Indian ichthyologist known for his biogeographic theory on the affinities of Western Ghats and Indomalayan fish forms.

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See also

Puntius stubs

Taxa named by Sunder Lal Hora

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauvery_barb

Also known as Puntius cauveriensis.