Taxonomic Notes on Puntius species of South India | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology | ||
| Article 8, Volume 12, Issue 1, June 2020, Pages 93-106 PDF (718.85 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.96942 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mathews Plamoottil1; Regy Johnson2 | ||
| 1BJM GOVT. COLLEGE, CHAVARA, KOLAM DT, KERALA, INDIA | ||
| 2Bishop Moore. College,Mavelikara, Aleppey Dt, Kerala, India | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Puntius, the most common cyprinids of south India, are widely used as ornamental and food fishes; they are abundantly distributed in diverse freshwater bodies of Kerala and adjacent states of India. Various taxonomic studies have been conducted on them during the last decade; discovery, description, redescription, splitting of taxa etc._ are more common in it compared to other taxa; it may be due to the unique species richness and high variability prevailing in the genus. Even though a lot of research works had been done on the genus, a consolidated account of all the species of Puntius is currently lacking; it is an endeavour for solving this difficulty. An account of all currently recognised Puntius species of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are included; their essential taxonomic details such as diagnostic characters and current status are inserted; a brief account of insufficiently known and forgotten fishes also entailed | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Freshwater fishes. Cyprinidae; Taxonomy; Kerala; Review | ||
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