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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Pethia |
| Species: | P. muvattupuzhaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pethia muvattupuzhaensis (Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran, 2005) | |
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References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Pethia muvattupuzhaensis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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