Dawkinsia assimilis – Mascara Barb (Systomus assimilis ... | 水產百科網

EndemictotheSouthwestIndianstatesofKarnatakaandKeralawhereit'sbeencollectedfromtheNetravati,ChalakudyandKalladariverbasinsinrecentyears,​ ...

Systomus assimilis Jerdon, 1849; Puntius assimilis (Jerdon, 1849); Puntius lepidus Day, 1868

Dawkinsia: named for Richard Dawkins, for ‘his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science’.

assimilis: from the Latin assimilis, meaning ‘similar, closely resembling’, presumably in reference to this species’ similarity to the congener D. filamentosa.

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae[1][2]

Endemic[3] to the Southwest Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala where it’s been collected from the Netravati, Chalakudy and Kallada river[4] basins in recent years, though the precise extent of its distribution remains unclear.

The type locality[5] in the original description[6] was given as ‘a river[7] in Canara’, the latter being a region of Karnataka comprising several districts, and consistent with the Netravati drainage in terms of location.

The Chalakudy and K...