| Khavli barb | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. sahyadriensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Puntius sahyadriensis Silas, 1953[2] | |
Waikhomia sahyadriensis (Maharaja Barb) in a Western Ghat hillstream in Karnataka, India
The Khavli barb or Indian maharaja barb (Puntius sahyadriensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in Maharashtra, India.[1]
Reportedly, the scientific name of this species has been changed recently by a group of Indian ichthyologists. This species is now placed under the newly described genus Waikhomia, which is in the honour of ace Indian ichthyologist Vishwanath Waikhom. He has described over 100 species of fish from India. The newly accepted scientific name for the species is Waikhomia sahyadriensis.
References
- 1 2 Ali, A. & Raghavan, R. (2011). "Puntius sahyadriensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T172394A6883015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172394A6883015.en. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Puntius sahyadriensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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