Psilorhynchus tenura

Psilorhynchus tenura is a critically endangered fish found in genus Psilorhynchus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India, where it is restricted to two locations on the Tunga River near Sringeri and also at Korkanhalla inside Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka. It is found in streams and rivers with beds made up of sand, pebbles and gravel.[1]

Psilorhynchus tenura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Psilorhynchidae
Genus: Psilorhynchus
Species:
P. tenura
Binomial name
Psilorhynchus tenura
Arunachalam, Muralidharan, 2008[2]

References

  1. Shaji, C.P.; Arunachalam, M. (2011). "Psilorhynchus tenura". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172508A6906132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172508A6906132.en. Downloaded on 28 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Psilorhynchus tenure" in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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