Pethia muvattupuzhaensis

Pethia muvattupuzhaensis is a species of cyprinid fish found in Muvattupuzha and Periyar Rivers, Kerala, India. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Pethia punctata. Day, 1865 [1] This species can be found over sand or gravel substrates. This species reaches a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) SL.[2]

Pethia muvattupuzhaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pethia
Species:
P. muvattupuzhaensis
Binomial name
Pethia muvattupuzhaensis
(Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005)
Synonyms
  • Puntius muvattupuzhaensis Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005

References

  1. Katwate, U., Baby, F., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2014): The identity of Pethia punctata, a senior synonym of P. muvattupuzhaensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3884 (3): 201–221.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pethia muvattupuzhaensis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.


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