Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei
Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Sahyadria
Species: S. chalakkudiensis – S. denisonii
Name
Sahyadria Raghavan et al., 2013
Type species: Labeo denisonii Day, 1865
References
Raghavan, R., Philip, S., Ali, A. & Dahanukar, N. 2013. Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(15): 4932–4938. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3673.4932-8 Reference page.
Sahyadria is a genus of cyprinid fishes[2] native to India where they are endemic to rivers and streams in the Western Ghats.[1] They were formerly included in Puntius.[1] The largest Sahyadria measure 15 cm (5.9 in) total length.[3]
Etymology
The name of this genus is derived from the word "Sahyadri", a local name for the Western Ghats.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
Sahyadria chalakkudiensis (Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999)
Sahyadria denisonii (F. Day, 1865) – Denison barb; red line torpedo barb
References
Raghavan, Rajeev; Philip, Siby; Ali, Anvar & Dahanukar, Neelesh (26 November 2013). "Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (15): 4932–4938. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3673.4932-8.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sahyadria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sahyadria". FishBase. April 2019 version.
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