Barilius ardens

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Chedrinae
Genus: Barilius
Species: Barilius ardens

Name

Barilius ardens Knight et al., 2015

• Holotype: ZSI/SRC F.8812.
• Paratypes: ZSI/SRC F.8813 (2); MKC 385 (3).

Type locality: 13°20’02”N, 74°54’46”E, Swarna River, Karnataka, India.

Etymology: The species name is a Latin adjective meaning burning, an allusion to the flame-like colours in mature males.

References

• Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D’souza, R.K.P. & Vijaykrishnan, B. 2015. Barilius ardens (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India, with redescription of B. malabaricus and B. canarensis. Zootaxa 3926(3): 396–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.3.5 . Reference page. 

Links

• Barilius ardens in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Barilius ardens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.