''Pethia pookodensis'', the Pookode Lake barb, is a species of
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 ...
fish found in
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
,
India
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where it is only known to occur in
Pookode Lake
Pookode Lake is a scenic freshwater lake in the Wayanad district in Kerala, South India. A major tourist destination in the district, Pookode is a natural freshwater lake nestling amid evergreen forests and mountain slopes at an elevation of 77 ...
in the
Western Ghats. This species can reach a length of
SL.
The high level of tourism around the lake poses serious threats to its ecosystem.
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References
poodookensis
Taxa named by T. V. Anna Mercy
Taxa named by Jacob Eapen
Fish described in 2007
Barbs (fish)
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