Puntius madhusoodani
Puntius madhusoodani Krishnakumar, Benno Pereira & Radhakrishnan, 2012
Puntius madhusoodani
photo by Plamoottil, M.


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Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Max. size:  9.143 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Manimala River in Kerala, India.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Distinguished from all other species of Puntius by the combination of following characters: presence of one pair of short maxillary barbels less than eye diameter and 4.39% in SL; smaller snout forming 8.06% in SL; 25-26 lateral line scales; dorsal fin inserted nearer to tip of snout, than to caudal fin base; absence of spot at the dorsal fin base; paired fins hyaline, and the branched rays of the dorsal and anal fin tinted with black (Ref. 89446).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 28 March 2021 (B1ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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