Barbodes wynaadensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Barbodes |
Species: | B. wynaadensis
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Binomial name | |
Barbodes wynaadensis (F. Day, 1873)
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Barbodes wynaadensis is a species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to the Wyanad Plateau and its surroundings in the southern Western Ghats, India.[1] It occurs in fast-flowing rivers and streams with rock substrates. This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]
Species revision in 2014 based on phylogenetic study has moved this fish from Barbodes to Neolissochilus.[3]