Dawkinsia rohani explained

Dawkinsia rohani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Dawkinsia.[1] It is endemic to the Western Ghats and inhabits the hill streams of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu draining into the Arabian Sea.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Rohan Pethiyagoda (b. 1955), in recognition of his work on the freshwater fishes of India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
  2. Devi . K. Rema . Indra . T.J. . Knight . J.D. Marcus . Puntius rohani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb in the Puntius filamentosus group from southern Western Ghats of India . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 26 August 2010 . 2 . 9 . 1121–1129 . 10.11609/jott.o2505.1121-9 . free .

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