Ghatsa
Ghatsa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Balitoridae |
Genus: | Ghatsa & , 2015 [1] |
Type species | |
Homaloptera montana Herre, 1945
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Ghatsa is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. This genus is created for species previously assigned to Homaloptera from the Western Ghats of India.[1]
Species[]
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Ghatsa menoni Shaji & Easa, 1995 [1]
- Ghatsa montana Herre, 1945 (Anamalai loach) [1]
- Ghatsa pillaii Indra & , 1981 (Silent Valley loach) [1]
- Ghatsa santhamparaiensis , & , 2002 (Santhampara loach) [1]
- Ghatsa silasi & , 2011 [1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. (2015): On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 3926 (1): 57–86.
- ^ Kurup, B.M. & Radhakrishnan, K.V. (2011): Fishes of the genus Homaloptera Van Hasselt, 1823 in Kerala, with description of a new species Homaloptera silasi. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 107 (3) [2010]: 224-226.
Categories:
- Balitoridae
- Taxa named by Lawrence M. Page
- Balitoridae stubs