Dawkinsia filamentosa – Filament Barb (Puntius filamentosus ... | 水產百科網

EndemictobutwidespreadwithintheWesternGhatsmountainsregionofsouthernIndiainthestatesofKerala,TamilNaduandKarnataka,andpossiblyrestricted ...

Leuciscus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1844; Puntius filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1844); Systomus maderaspatensis Jerdon, 1849

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

filamentosa: from the Latin filamentosa, meaning ‘filamentous’, in reference to the dorsal-fin extensions which develop as the fish mature.

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

Endemic[3] to but widespread within the Western Ghats mountains region of southern India in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and possibly restricted to the south of the latter.

Type locality is ‘Alleppey’, also known as Alappuzha, situated between Vembanad Lake and the Arabian Sea, 9°20’N, 76°25...