Hypselobarbus periyarensis

Hypselobarbus periyarensis
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Hypselobarbus
Species:	H. periyarensis
Binomial name
	Hypselobarbus periyarensis; (B. S. Raj, 1941)
Synonyms
	Barbus micropogon periyarensis B. S. Raj, 1941; Gonoproktopterus periyarensis (B. S. Raj, 1941); Puntius micropogon periyarensis (B. S. Raj, 1941)

Hypselobarbus periyarensis is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Periyar Lake in Kerala, India. This species can reach 50 cm (20 in) in total length.[2]

References

Ali, A. & Raghavan, R. 2011. Hypselobarbus periyarensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 17 January 2014.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypselobarbus periyarensis" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

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