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Haludaria
''Haludaria'' is a genus of cyprinids native to freshwater habitats in the Western Ghats of India. Originally the genus was named ''Dravidia'' Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012 which is preoccupied by the dipteran genus ''Dravidia'' Lehrer, 2010.Pethiyagoda, R. (2013)''Haludaria'', a replacement generic name for ''Dravidia'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ''Zootaxa, 3646 (2): 199.'' Etymology The name ''Haludaria'' is derived from "Haludar", the name of a Bengali youth and artist who provided the illustrations for Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Francis Hamilton's (Formerly Buchanan) book on the Ganges River fishes. Description Adults are small, typically less than Fish measurement, SL. Both rostral and maxillary Barbel (anatomy), barbels are present. Lateral line is complete and has 18–26 pored scales on body. There are one or two broad, black bars on flank, between bases of dorsal and anal fins. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Haludar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melon Barb
The melon barb (''Haludaria fasciata'') is a common species of cyprinid fish that is endemic to rivers in Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the Western Ghats of South India. They live in a tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ... climate in water that typically has a pH of 6.0—6.5, a water hardness of around 5 dGH, and a temperature range of . It grows to a length of . This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. The melon barb is an open water, substrate egg-scatterer, and adults do not guard the eggs. Males in breeding condition flush red and develop fine nuptial tubercles on their snouts, used for bumping and rubbing the females to induce egg release. See also * List of freshwater aquarium fish species References melon bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haludaria Kannikattiensis
''Haludaria kannikattiensis'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ... to India where it is only known from hill streams in the southern Western Ghats. References k Freshwater fish of India Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats Fish described in 2003 {{Barbinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haludaria Afasciata
''Haludaria afasciata'', the plain melon barb, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is endemic to India where it is known only from one locality near the city of Nagercoil in the southern Tamil Nadu. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classifies this species as Endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, inv ..., being threatened by sand extraction, deforestation , pollution from agricultural runoff and factories, as well as the invasives, Mozambique tilapia (''Oreochromis mossambicus'') and the weed '' Pontederia crassipes''. References afasciata Fish described in 1990 {{Barbinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haludaria Melanampyx
''Haludaria melanampyx'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to India where it is known from south Kanara through the Travancore hills to the Nagercoil, Nilgiris, and Cauvery drainages in the Western Ghats, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... References m Freshwater fish of India Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats Taxa named by Francis Day Fish described in 1865 {{Barbinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Pethiyagoda
Rohan David Pethiyagoda is a Sri Lankan biodiversity scientist, amphibian and freshwater-fish taxonomist, author, conservationist and public-policy advocate. Early life and career Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 19 November 1955 Pethiyagoda had his secondary education at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He was awarded a BSc (Eng.) Hons. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from King's College, University of London in 1977, and a M.Phil. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Sussex in 1980. Service From 1981 to 1982 Pethiyagoda served as an engineer in the Division of Biomedical Engineering of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, and from 1982 to 1987 as director of that institution. That same year he was awarded the Vadamarachchi Medal by President J.R. Jayewardene for his services to the Sri Lanka Armed Forces during the Vadamarachchi Campaign. In 1984 he was concurrently appointed chairman of Sri Lanka's Water Resources Board. He served as Advisor on Envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiliogastrinae
Smiliogastrinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in Africa and Asia and are commonly referred to as barbs. Genera Smiliogastrinae contains the following genera: * '' Amatolacypris'' Skelton, Swartz & Vreven, 2018 * '' Barbodes'' Bleeker, 1859 * '' Barboides'' Brüning, 1929 * '' Bhava'' Sudasinghe, Rüber & Meegaskumbura, 2023 * '' Caecobarbus'' Boulenger, 1921 * '' Chagunius'' H.M. Smith, 1938 * '' Cheilobarbus'' A. Smith 1841 * '' Clypeobarbus'' Fowler, 1936 * '' Coptostomabarbus'' David & Poll 1937 * '' Dawkinsia'' Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012 * '' Desmopuntius'' Kottelat, 2013 * '' Eechathalakenda'' Menon, 1999 * '' Enteromius'' Cope, 1867 * '' Gymnodiptychus'' Herzenstein, 1892 * ''Haludaria'' Pethiyagoda, 2013 * ''Hampala ''Hampala'' is a genus of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate, vertebrate animal family overall, with about 1,780 species divided into 166 valid genus, genera. Cyprinids range from about in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless, or ''agastric'', fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a Process (anatomy), bony process of the skull. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By Rohan Pethiyagoda
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Day
Francis Talbot Day (2 March 1829 – 10 July 1889) was an army surgeon and naturalist in the Madras Presidency who later became the Inspector-General of Fisheries in British Raj, India and British rule in Burma, Burma. A pioneer ichthyologist, he Species description, described more than three hundred fishes in the two-volume work on ''The Fishes of India''. He also wrote the fish volumes of the Fauna of British India series. He was also responsible for the introduction of trout into the Nilgiri hills, for which he received a medal from the French Acclimatisation society, Societe d'Acclimatation. Many of his fish specimens are distributed across museums with only a small fraction deposited in the British Museum (Natural History Museum, London), an anomaly caused by a prolonged conflict with Albert Günther, the keeper of zoology there. Biography Day was born in Maresfield, East Sussex, the third son of William and Ann Elliott née Le Blanc. The family estate included two thousa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeyaraj Anthony Johnson
Thomas Jeyaraj Fernando, aka Jeyaraj, Jayaraj, or simply, J., is an illustrator for Tamil periodicals and magazines. He is especially known for his depictions of attractive, young (and frequently buxom) women, which have earned him a fan following among readers of Tamil magazines as well as criticism. Jeyaraj, who is from Tuticorin, has no formal training in art, but nevertheless won prizes in school and college for his sketches. He studied for a bachelor's degree in economics, but when he could not find any employment in his chosen field, he decided to try his luck with illustration. This was in Chennai in the late 1950s. His first assignment in 1958 was for a short story by Ra. Ki. Rangarajan in Kumudam magazine, fetched him Rs. 10. Since then, Jeyaraj has illustrated thousands of Tamil short stories, jokes and serials, and is known for his versatility, handling everything from line-drawing, wash drawing, colour drawing, perspective drawing to cartoons. He is also very quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
