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Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis (Menon, Rema, Devi & Thobias, 1999)

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Menon, A.G.K., 1999
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from Western Ghats (Ref. 45255, 50614) in Chalakkudy river, Kerala (Ref. 43641). Also Ref. 43640, 45207, 87807. Status of threat: Data deficient (Ref. 50614).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gopalakrishnan, A. and A.G. Ponniah, 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Dawkinsia: Named for Richard Dawkins, for his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Tropical

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