''Travancoria'' is a small
genus
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of
hillstream loach
The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or (in Germany) "flossensaugers". Many of t ...
es
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found els ...
to
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized
species
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in this genus:
[Kottelat, M. (2012)]
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''
* ''
Travancoria elongata''
Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994
* ''
Travancoria jonesi''
Hora
Hora may refer to:
Companies
* Hora (company), a Romanian manufacturer of stringed musical instruments
People
* Hora (surname)
* Hora (musician), member of the Japanese duo Schwarz Stein
* Hora people, an indigenous people of Bolivia
Places
* ...
, 1941 (Travancore loach)
References
Balitoridae
Fish of Asia
Fish of India
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