''Dawkinsia'' is a

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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 ...

fishes from freshwater in

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and

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. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus ''

Puntius ''Puntius'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan. Many species formerly placed in ''Puntius'' have been moved to other genera such as ''Barbodes'', '' D ...

'' in 2012.

Etymology

''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an Oxford fellow, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Simonyi Professor for the Publ ...

in recognition of his "contribution to the public understanding of science, particularly, of evolutionary science". Dawkins describes this as "a great honour".

Description

Adults typically measure SL. They do not have rostral

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but might have maxillary barbels. Juveniles have a colour pattern consisting of three black bars on body; this persists to adult stage in some species. Adults have a black, horizontally elongate blotch on the caudal peduncle.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''

Dawkinsia apsara ''Dawkinsia'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus ''Puntius'' in 2012. Etymology ''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins i ...

'' ( Katwate,

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, Anoop,

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& Dahanukar, 2020) (mascara barb) * '' Dawkinsia arulius'' ( Jerdon, 1849) (Arulius barb) * '' Dawkinsia assimilis'' (Jerdon, 1849) * '' Dawkinsia austellus'' Katwate, Marcus Knight, Anoop, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020 * '' Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis'' (

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, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999) * ''

Dawkinsia crassa ''Dawkinsia'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus ''Puntius'' in 2012. Etymology ''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins i ...

'' Katwate, Marcus Knight, Anoop, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020 (Rounded filament barb) * '' Dawkinsia denisonii'' ( F. Day, 1865) (Denison barb; red line torpedo barb) * '' Dawkinsia exclamatio'' ( Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 2005) * '' Dawkinsia filamentosa'' (

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, 1844) (Blackspot/Filament barb) * ''

Dawkinsia lepida ''Dawkinsia'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus ''Puntius'' in 2012. Etymology ''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins i ...

'' (Day, 1868) * ''

Dawkinsia rohani ''Dawkinsia rohani'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Dawkinsia''.Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012)A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to ''Puntius'' (Pisces: Cyprinidae). ''Ichthyological Explora ...

'' ( Rema Devi,

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, 2010) * '' Dawkinsia rubrotincta'' (Jerdon, 1849) * '' Dawkinsia singhala'' ( Duncker, 1912) * '' Dawkinsia srilankensis'' ( Senanayake, 1985) (Blotched filamented barb) * '' Dawkinsia tambraparniei'' (

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, 1954) * '' Dawkinsia uttara'' Katwate,

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& Raghavan, 2020

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q310140 Smiliogastrinae Freshwater fish of Asia Taxa named by Rohan Pethiyagoda Taxa named by Madhava Meegaskumbura Taxa named by Kalana Maduwage