Dawkinsia tambraparniei explained

Dawkinsia tambraparniei is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Tambraparni River basin in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. This species can reach a length of 12.8cm (05inches) SL.

Taxonomy

Dawkinsia tambraparniei was originally described as the subspecies Puntius arulius tambraparniei  from the Tamiraparani River by E.G. Silas in 1953. This species was later classified under the new genus Dawkinisia.^[1]

Threats

This species population has significantly decreased in recent years due to human activities such as sand mining.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Prem Kumar . K. . Padmanabhan . K.G. . Balasubramanian . N.K. . 1984-12-31 . A note on the length-weight relationship of Puntius amphibius (Val.) (Pisces-Cyprinidae) . Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria . 14 . 1-2 . 59–64 . 10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04 . 0137-1592. free .
2. Kannan . Karuppiah . Johnson . Jeyaraj . Kumar . Ajit . Gupta . Sandeep . 2014-03-31 . Mitochondrial DNA variation in the endangered fish Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India . Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria . 44 . 1 . 3–8 . 10.3750/aip2014.44.1.01 . 0137-1592. free .