| Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Smiliogastrinae |
| 9.143 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Asia: Manimala River in Kerala, India. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Distinguished from all other species of Puntius by the combination of following characters: presence of one pair of short maxillary barbels less than eye diameter and 4.39% in SL; smaller snout forming 8.06% in SL; 25-26 lateral line scales; dorsal fin inserted nearer to tip of snout, than to caudal fin base; absence of spot at the dorsal fin base; paired fins hyaline, and the branched rays of the dorsal and anal fin tinted with black (Ref. 89446). |
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Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 28 March 2021 (B1ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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