Cauvery barb, the Glossary
The Cauvery barb (Puntius cauveriensis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Cauvery River in Karnataka, India.[1]
Table of Contents
6 relations: Cyprinidae, Endemism, India, Karnataka, Kaveri, Sunder Lal Hora.
- Puntius stubs
- 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.
See Cauvery barb and Cyprinidae
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.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Karnataka
Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.
See Cauvery barb and Karnataka
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.
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.
See Cauvery barb and Sunder Lal Hora
See also
Puntius stubs
- Arenatus barb
- Cauvery barb
- Deccan barb
- Greenstripe barb
- Khavli barb
- Long-snouted barb
- Mahecola barb
- Onespot barb
- Parrah barb
- Puntio barb
- Puntius ambassis
- Puntius aphya
- Puntius bramoides
- Puntius brevis
- Puntius burmanicus
- Puntius crescentus
- Puntius euspilurus
- Puntius kamalika
- Puntius kelumi
- Puntius kyphus
- Puntius layardi
- Puntius masyai
- Puntius melanostigma
- Puntius morehensis
- Puntius mudumalaiensis
- Puntius muzaffarpurensis
- Puntius nangalensis
- Puntius paucimaculatus
- Puntius pugio
- Puntius punjabensis
- Puntius sanctus
- Puntius sophoroides
- Puntius spilopterus
- Puntius takhoaensis
- Puntius tetraspilus
- Puntius thermalis
- Puntius viridis
- Puntius waageni
- Scarlet-banded barb
- Swamp barb
Taxa named by Sunder Lal Hora
- Aborichthys elongatus
- Aborichthys garoensis
- Bangana devdevi
- Bathygobius meggitti
- Beaufortia (fish)
- Bhanotia
- Cauvery barb
- Conta
- Cosmocampus investigatoris
- Dharna barb
- Drombus globiceps
- Dwarf pufferfish
- Erethistoides
- Erethistoides montana
- Erethistoides pipri
- Exostoma stuarti
- Fraser's danio
- Garra kempi
- Garra naganensis
- Garra salweenica
- Glowlight danio
- Glyptothorax brevipinnis
- Homalopteroides smithi
- Myersglanis
- Nemacheilus inglisi
- Osteochilus sondhii
- Parapsilorhynchus
- Parapsilorhynchus discophorus
- Parapsilorhynchus prateri
- Paraschistura punjabensis
- Platytropius
- Proeutropiichthys
- Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
- Pseudolaguvia shawi
- Psilorhynchus homaloptera
- Schistura prashadi
- Sewellia
- Triplophysa choprai
- Triplophysa farwelli
- Triplophysa kashmirensis
- Triplophysa stewarti
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauvery_barb
Also known as Puntius cauveriensis.