Hypselobarbus Explained

Hypselobarbus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India.

Species

There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus:

• Hypselobarbus basavarajai Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 ^[1]
• Hypselobarbus bicolor Knight, A. Rai, D'souza, Philip & Dahanukar, 2016 ^[2]
• Hypselobarbus canarensis (Jerdon, 1849)
• Hypselobarbus carnaticus (Carnatic carp) (Jerdon, 1849) ^[2]
• Hypselobarbus curmuca (Curmuca barb) (F. Hamilton, 1807)
• Hypselobarbus dobsoni (Krishna carp) (F. Day, 1876)^{[3] [1]}
• Hypselobarbus dubius (Nilgiris barb) (F. Day, 1867)
• Hypselobarbus gracilis (Jerdon, 1849)
• Hypselobarbus jerdoni (Jerdon's carp) (F. Day, 1870) ^[1]
• Hypselobarbus keralaensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 ^[4]
• Hypselobarbus kolus (Sykes, 1839)
• Hypselobarbus kurali Menon & Rema Devi, 1995
• Hypselobarbus kushavali Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Sivakumar & Mayden, 2016 ^[5]
• Hypselobarbus lithopidos (F. Day, 1874) ^[6]
• Hypselobarbus maciveri (Annandale, 1919) ^[1]
• Hypselobarbus menoni Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 ^[7]
• Hypselobarbus micropogon (Korhi barb) (Valenciennes, 1842)
• Hypselobarbus mussullah (Sykes, 1839)
• Hypselobarbus nasutus Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 ^[8]
• Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 ^[8]
• Hypselobarbus nitidus Plamoottil & Vineeth, 2022 (Kerala Beauty)
• Hypselobarbus periyarensis (B. S. Raj, 1941)
• Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 ^[9]
• Hypselobarbus pulchellus (F. Day, 1870) ^[1]
• Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 ^[7]
• Hypselobarbus thomassi (F. Day, 1874) ^[6]
• Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014 ^[7]

Notes and References

1. Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): On the identities of Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Day, 1870), H. dobsoni (Day, 1876), H. jerdoni (Day, 1870), and H. maciveri Annandale 1919 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with the description of a new species of Hypselobarbus from peninsular India. FishTaxa, 1 (3): 149-165.
2. Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D'souza, R.K.P., Philip, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2016): Hypselobarbus bicolor, a new species of large barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4184 (2): 316–328.
3. Day. Francis. On some fishes of the Deccan. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 1876. 12. 565–578. 1 January 2017. The Linnean Society of London. London. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1876.tb00232.x .
4. Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): Description of a new species of Hypselobarbus from Kerala region of Western Ghats, peninsular India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3 (2): 73-81.
5. Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S., Shivakumar, P. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): Description of a new species of large barb of the genus Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Kali River, Karnataka region of Western Ghats, peninsular India. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3 (4): 266–274.
6. Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A. & D'souza, R.K.P. (2013): Re-description of Hypselobarbus lithopidos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), based on its rediscovery from the Western Ghats, India, with notes on H. thomassi. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (13): 4734–4742.
7. Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S., Chandran, A. & Mayden, R.L. (2014): On the identies of Cyprinus (=Hypselobarbus) curmuca Hamilton, Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) kolus Sykes, and Hypselobarbus kurali Menon and Rema Devi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with descriptions of three new species of Hypselobarbus from peninsular India. Species, 11 (31): 72-94.
8. Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): On the identity of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) gracilis Jerdon (1849) and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India. FishTaxa, 1 (2): 75-83.
9. Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016): Remarkable rediscovery of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) mussullah (Sykes) after 175 years of hiatus and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus Bleeker from peninsular India (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes). FishTaxa, 1 (1): 1-13.