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Hypselobarbus kurali (Menon & Rema Devi, 1995) consists of multiple species with similarity in the colour pattern of the tip of their caudal fins being orange and black. This complex of species possesses two pairs of barbels. Inspection of collections of H. kurali from the senior author’s samples from various streams/rivers of Western Ghats covering the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka revealed that an additional species has gone unrecognized. This new species, Hypselobarbus keralaensis, is diagnosed from its likely closest relative H. kurali by having fewer transverse breast scale rows (16 vs. 21-23) and fewer pre-anal scale rows (38-39 vs. 43-46).
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Cyprinidae
Hypselobarbus keralaensis sp. n
Taxonomy.
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ARUNACHALAM, M., CHINNARAJA, S., & MAYDEN, R. L. (2016). Description of a new species of Hypselobarbus from Kerala region of Western Ghats, peninsular India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3(2), 73–81. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v3i2.147
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Arunachalam, M. & Johnson, J.A. 2002. A new species of Puntius Hamilton (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Kalakad, Mudanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 99(3): 474-480.
Arunachalam M.; Chinnaraja S. & Mayden, R.L. 2016. On the identity of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) gracilis Jerdon (1849) and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India. FishTaxa 1(2): 75-83.
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Menon, A.G.K. & Rema Devi, K. 1995. Hypselobarbus kurali (Pisces: Cyprinidae), a new large barb from the south western rivers of peninsular India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 92(3): 389-393.
Radhakrishnan, K.V. & Kurup, B.M. 2010. Ichthyodiversity of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2: 1192-1198.
Raj, S.B. 1941. Barbus (Puntius) ophicephalus (type locality: Kallar, a tributary to the Pambiyar river, to the south of Pachakani estate adjoining Periyar Lake). Records of the Indian Museum 43: 375.
Rajan, S. 1955. Notes on a collection of fish from the head waters of the Bhavani River, South India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 53: 44-48.
Shaji, C.P.; Easa, P.S. & Gopalakrishnan, A. Freshwater fish diversity of Western Ghats, 33-55: In: Ponniah, A.G. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.) (2000). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication, 347p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P. India.
Strauss, R.E. & Bookstein, F.L. 1982. The truss: Body from reconstruction in morphometrics. Systematic Biology 31(2):113-135.
Thomas, R.K.; Biju, C.R.; Aithkumar, C.R. & George, M.J. 2000. Fish Fauna of Idukki and Neyyar Wildlife sanctuaries of Kerala, S. India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 97: 442-445.
Venkateshwarlu, M.; Arun Kumar Shetty, B. & Kiran, B.R. 2014. Conservation status of fish diversity of rivers-Sita, Swarna and Varahi in Udipi district, Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research 1(4): 797-813.
Yang, L.; Hirt, V.; Sado, T.; Arunachalam, M.; Manickam, R.; Tang, K.L.; Simons, A.M.; Wu, H.H.; Mayden, R. & Miya, M. 2012. Phylogenetic placements of the barbin genera Discherodontus, Chagunius, and Hypselobarbus in the subfamily Cyprininae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) and their relationships with other barbins. Zootaxa 3586: 26-40.
Zacharias, V.J.; Bhardwaj, A.K. & Jacob, P.C. 1996. Fish fauna of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 93: 38-43.
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Abraham, R. Hypselobarbus kurali. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011b. Version 2013.1. Available from: www.iucnredlist. org (accessed 27 August 2013).
Ajithkumar, C.R.; Biju, C.R.; Thomas, R. & Azeez, P.A. 2001. On the Fishes of Puyankutty River, Kerala, India. Zoo's Print Journal 16(4): 467-469.
Arunachalam, M.; Raja, M.; Muralidharan, M. & Mayden, R.L. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): an enigmatic clade endemic to aquatic systems of India. Zootaxa 3499: 63-73.
Arunachalam, M. & Johnson, J.A. 2002. A new species of Puntius Hamilton (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Kalakad, Mudanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 99(3): 474-480.
Arunachalam M.; Chinnaraja S. & Mayden, R.L. 2016. On the identity of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) gracilis Jerdon (1849) and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India. FishTaxa 1(2): 75-83.
Bijukumar, A.; Siby Philip Anvar Ali, Sushama, S., Rajeev Raghavan. 2013. Fishes of River Bharathapuzha, Kerala, India: diversity, distribution, threats and conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(15): 4979-4993.
Bleeker, P. 1860. DevisschenvandenIndischenArchipel, Beschrevenen Toegelicht. Deel II. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae 7(NS, vol. 2): 1-492.
Day, F. 1871. Monograph of Indian Cyprinidae, Parts 1-3. Journal of Asiatic Society, Bengal 40: 95-142, 277-367.
Day, F. 1873. Report of freshwater fish and fisheries of India and Burma. Government Press, Calcutta.
Day, F. 1878. The Fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and freshwaters of India, Burma and Ceylon, part 4. William Dawson & Sons Ltd. London.
Hora, S.L. & Law, N.C. 1941. The freshwater fishes of Travancore. Records of the Indian Museum 43(1): 9-27.
Hubbs, C.L. & Lagler, K.F. 1964. Fishes of the Great lakes region. University of Michigan Press. USA.
ICZN (International commission on Zoological Nomenclature) (1999). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, The Natural History Museum, London.
Jayaram, K.C. 1991. Revision of the genus Puntius Hamilton from the Indian region (Pisces: Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Cyprininae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 135: 1-178.
Jerdon, T.C. 1849. On the freshwater fishes of southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 15(2): 302-346.
Johnson, J.A. & Arunachalam, M. 2009. Diversity, distribution and assemblage structure of fishes in streams of southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(10): 507-513.
Knight, J.D.M.; Rai, A. & D’Souza, R.K.P. 2013. On the identities of Barbus mussullah Sykes and Cyprinus curmuca Hamiltion with notes on the status of Gobio canarensis Jerdon (Teleodtei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3750(3): 201-215.
Knight, J.D.M.; Rai, A. & D’Souza, R.K.P. 2014. A further note on the identity of Barbus mussullah Sykes (Teleostei: Cyprinide). Zootaxa 3821(2): 280-284.
Menon, A.G.K. & Rema Devi, K. 1995. Hypselobarbus kurali (Pisces: Cyprinidae), a new large barb from the south western rivers of peninsular India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 92(3): 389-393.
Radhakrishnan, K.V. & Kurup, B.M. 2010. Ichthyodiversity of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2: 1192-1198.
Raj, S.B. 1941. Barbus (Puntius) ophicephalus (type locality: Kallar, a tributary to the Pambiyar river, to the south of Pachakani estate adjoining Periyar Lake). Records of the Indian Museum 43: 375.
Rajan, S. 1955. Notes on a collection of fish from the head waters of the Bhavani River, South India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 53: 44-48.
Shaji, C.P.; Easa, P.S. & Gopalakrishnan, A. Freshwater fish diversity of Western Ghats, 33-55: In: Ponniah, A.G. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.) (2000). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication, 347p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P. India.
Strauss, R.E. & Bookstein, F.L. 1982. The truss: Body from reconstruction in morphometrics. Systematic Biology 31(2):113-135.
Thomas, R.K.; Biju, C.R.; Aithkumar, C.R. & George, M.J. 2000. Fish Fauna of Idukki and Neyyar Wildlife sanctuaries of Kerala, S. India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 97: 442-445.
Venkateshwarlu, M.; Arun Kumar Shetty, B. & Kiran, B.R. 2014. Conservation status of fish diversity of rivers-Sita, Swarna and Varahi in Udipi district, Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research 1(4): 797-813.
Yang, L.; Hirt, V.; Sado, T.; Arunachalam, M.; Manickam, R.; Tang, K.L.; Simons, A.M.; Wu, H.H.; Mayden, R. & Miya, M. 2012. Phylogenetic placements of the barbin genera Discherodontus, Chagunius, and Hypselobarbus in the subfamily Cyprininae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) and their relationships with other barbins. Zootaxa 3586: 26-40.
Zacharias, V.J.; Bhardwaj, A.K. & Jacob, P.C. 1996. Fish fauna of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 93: 38-43.
Ajithkumar, C.R.; Biju, C.R.; Thomas, R. & Azeez, P.A. 2001. On the Fishes of Puyankutty River, Kerala, India. Zoo's Print Journal 16(4): 467-469.
Arunachalam, M.; Raja, M.; Muralidharan, M. & Mayden, R.L. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): an enigmatic clade endemic to aquatic systems of India. Zootaxa 3499: 63-73.
Arunachalam, M. & Johnson, J.A. 2002. A new species of Puntius Hamilton (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Kalakad, Mudanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 99(3): 474-480.
Arunachalam M.; Chinnaraja S. & Mayden, R.L. 2016. On the identity of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) gracilis Jerdon (1849) and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India. FishTaxa 1(2): 75-83.
Bijukumar, A.; Siby Philip Anvar Ali, Sushama, S., Rajeev Raghavan. 2013. Fishes of River Bharathapuzha, Kerala, India: diversity, distribution, threats and conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(15): 4979-4993.
Bleeker, P. 1860. DevisschenvandenIndischenArchipel, Beschrevenen Toegelicht. Deel II. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae 7(NS, vol. 2): 1-492.
Day, F. 1871. Monograph of Indian Cyprinidae, Parts 1-3. Journal of Asiatic Society, Bengal 40: 95-142, 277-367.
Day, F. 1873. Report of freshwater fish and fisheries of India and Burma. Government Press, Calcutta.
Day, F. 1878. The Fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and freshwaters of India, Burma and Ceylon, part 4. William Dawson & Sons Ltd. London.
Hora, S.L. & Law, N.C. 1941. The freshwater fishes of Travancore. Records of the Indian Museum 43(1): 9-27.
Hubbs, C.L. & Lagler, K.F. 1964. Fishes of the Great lakes region. University of Michigan Press. USA.
ICZN (International commission on Zoological Nomenclature) (1999). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, The Natural History Museum, London.
Jayaram, K.C. 1991. Revision of the genus Puntius Hamilton from the Indian region (Pisces: Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Cyprininae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 135: 1-178.
Jerdon, T.C. 1849. On the freshwater fishes of southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 15(2): 302-346.
Johnson, J.A. & Arunachalam, M. 2009. Diversity, distribution and assemblage structure of fishes in streams of southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(10): 507-513.
Knight, J.D.M.; Rai, A. & D’Souza, R.K.P. 2013. On the identities of Barbus mussullah Sykes and Cyprinus curmuca Hamiltion with notes on the status of Gobio canarensis Jerdon (Teleodtei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3750(3): 201-215.
Knight, J.D.M.; Rai, A. & D’Souza, R.K.P. 2014. A further note on the identity of Barbus mussullah Sykes (Teleostei: Cyprinide). Zootaxa 3821(2): 280-284.
Menon, A.G.K. & Rema Devi, K. 1995. Hypselobarbus kurali (Pisces: Cyprinidae), a new large barb from the south western rivers of peninsular India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 92(3): 389-393.
Radhakrishnan, K.V. & Kurup, B.M. 2010. Ichthyodiversity of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2: 1192-1198.
Raj, S.B. 1941. Barbus (Puntius) ophicephalus (type locality: Kallar, a tributary to the Pambiyar river, to the south of Pachakani estate adjoining Periyar Lake). Records of the Indian Museum 43: 375.
Rajan, S. 1955. Notes on a collection of fish from the head waters of the Bhavani River, South India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 53: 44-48.
Shaji, C.P.; Easa, P.S. & Gopalakrishnan, A. Freshwater fish diversity of Western Ghats, 33-55: In: Ponniah, A.G. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.) (2000). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication, 347p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P. India.
Strauss, R.E. & Bookstein, F.L. 1982. The truss: Body from reconstruction in morphometrics. Systematic Biology 31(2):113-135.
Thomas, R.K.; Biju, C.R.; Aithkumar, C.R. & George, M.J. 2000. Fish Fauna of Idukki and Neyyar Wildlife sanctuaries of Kerala, S. India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 97: 442-445.
Venkateshwarlu, M.; Arun Kumar Shetty, B. & Kiran, B.R. 2014. Conservation status of fish diversity of rivers-Sita, Swarna and Varahi in Udipi district, Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research 1(4): 797-813.
Yang, L.; Hirt, V.; Sado, T.; Arunachalam, M.; Manickam, R.; Tang, K.L.; Simons, A.M.; Wu, H.H.; Mayden, R. & Miya, M. 2012. Phylogenetic placements of the barbin genera Discherodontus, Chagunius, and Hypselobarbus in the subfamily Cyprininae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) and their relationships with other barbins. Zootaxa 3586: 26-40.
Zacharias, V.J.; Bhardwaj, A.K. & Jacob, P.C. 1996. Fish fauna of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 93: 38-43.