Hypselobarbus pulchellus

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: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Torinae
Genus: Hypselobarbus
Species: Hypselobarbus pulchellus

Name

Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Day, 1870)

• Holotype (unique): ?ZSI 3136 (dry, lost).
• Day specimens: BMNH 1889.2.1.4328 (1); FMNH 2355 (2); NMW 54488 (1).

Type locality: Inland streams, Mangalore, India.

Synonyms

• Barbus (Barbodes) pulchellus Day, 1870
  • Barbus pulchellus Day, 1870
  • Barbodes pulchellus Day, 1870
  • Puntius pulchellus (Day, 1870)
  • Gonoproktopterus pulchellus (Day, 1870)

References

• Day, F.; 1870: Notes on some fishes from the western coast of India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1870 (2): 369–374 [1-6].

• Knight, J. D. M., Rai. A. & D’souza, R. K. P.; 2013: Rediscovery of Hypselobarbus pulchellus, an endemic and threatened barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) of the Western Ghats, with notes on H. dobsoni and H. jerdoni. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (17): 5194–5201. PDF