FB-70794 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70794 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Cichla Cichla cataractae Sabaj Pérez, López-Fernández, Willis, Hemraj, Taphorn & Winemiller, 2020 Kerala beauty 2024-12-09 2024-12-09 Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth0 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419) FB-GeneralDescr-70804 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-12-18 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70804 Collected from the type locality (Payaswini River) which has a width of 30.0-40.0 m and a depth of 5-6 m. This area is blanketed by moderate riparian vegetation: Delonix regia, Hopea parviflora, Syzygium cumini, Tamarindus indica, Tectona grandis, Corypha umbraculifera, Santalum album, Ziziphus aenoplia, Moringa oleifera and others are some of the major plant components of the area. Associeated fish species include Dawkinsia filamentosa, D. assimilis, Puntius ocellus, Haludaria fasciatus, Barilius malabaricus, Hypselobarbus curmuca, Systomus subnasutus, Devario malabaricus, Anguilla bengalensis, Rasbora dandia, Pethia punctatus, Labeo rohita, Garra mullya, Mystus montanus, Ompok malabaricus, Heteropneustes fossilis, Xenentodon cancila, Aplocheilus lineatus, Etroplus suratensis, Pseudetroplus maculatus, Glossogobius giuris, Channa marulius among others (Ref. 132419). Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth 2022 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70804 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-12-18 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70804 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: body high; last simple dorsal fin ray non-osseous, weak and flexible; branched rays on ventral fin 9. Colouration: red coloured dorsal, ventral, anal and caudal fins and black tipped dorsal and upper caudal fin lobes (Ref. 132419). Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth 2022 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419) FB-Morphology-70804 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-12-18 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70804 Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analsoft rays: 5 Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth 2022 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419) FB-Distribution-70804 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-12-18 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70804 Asia: India. Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth 2022 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419) FB-Size-70804 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-12-18 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70804 12.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 132419)) Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth 2022 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70804 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-12-18 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70804 benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range 5 - 6 m (Ref. 132419) Plamoottil, M. and K. Vineeth 2022 Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, <i>Hypselobarbus nitidus</i>, from Kerala, India. Egyptian J. Aquatic Biol. & Fisheries 26(2) 511-528. (Ref. 132419)