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Taxonomic Notes on Puntius species of South India

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Puntius, the most common cyprinids of south India, are widely used as ornamental and food fishes; they are abundantly distributed in diverse freshwater bodies of Kerala and adjacent states of India.  Various taxonomic studies have been conducted on them during the last decade; discovery, description, redescription, splitting of taxa etc._ are more common in it compared to other taxa; it may be due to the unique species richness and high variability prevailing in the genus.   Even though a lot of research works had been done on the genus, a consolidated account of all the species of Puntius is currently lacking; it is an endeavour for solving this difficulty.  An account of all currently recognised Puntius species of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are included; their essential taxonomic details such as diagnostic characters and current status are inserted; a brief account of insufficiently known and forgotten fishes also entailed

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10.21608/eajbsz.2020.96942

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Freshwater fishes. Cyprinidae, Taxonomy, Kerala, Review

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Mathews

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Plamoottil

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BJM GOVT. COLLEGE, CHAVARA, KOLAM DT, KERALA, INDIA

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Mavelikara

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Regy

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Johnson

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Bishop Moore. College,Mavelikara, Aleppey Dt, Kerala, India

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12

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10541

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2020-06-01

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2020-05-09

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2020-06-01

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93

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106

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2090-0759

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2090-0821

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EAJBSZ_Volume 12_Issue 1_Pages 93-106.pdf

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology

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Taxonomic Notes on Puntius species of South India

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22 Jan 2023