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Dawkinsia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Cypriniformes

Higher classification
  
Cyprinidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Dawkinsia filamentosa, Dawkinsia assimilis, Dawkinsia arulius, Dawkinsia exclamatio, Cyprinidae

Breeding project dawkinsia rohani


Dawkinsia is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was recently split off from genus Puntius.

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Mascara barbs dawkinsia assimillis in breed mode


Etymology

Dawkinsia Dawkinsia assimilis Mascara Barb Systomus assimilis Puntius

Dawkinsia is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in recognition of his "contribution to the public understanding of science, particularly, of evolutionary science". Dawkins describes this as "a great honour".

Description

Dawkinsia Dawkinsia rohani Puntius rohani Seriously Fish

Adults typically measure 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) SL. They do not have rostral barbels but might have maxillary barbels. Juveniles have a colour pattern consisting of three black bars on body; this persists to adult stage in some species. Adults have a black, horizontally elongate blotch on the caudal peduncle.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:

Dawkinsia Tambraparni Barb Dawkinsia tambraparniei

  • Dawkinsia arulius (Jerdon, 1849) (Arulius barb)
  • Dawkinsia assimilis (Jerdon, 1849)
  • Dawkinsia exclamatio (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 2005)
  • Dawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844) (Blackspot barb)
  • Dawkinsia rohani (Rema Devi, Indra & Knight, 2010)
  • Dawkinsia rubrotinctus (Jerdon, 1849)
  • Dawkinsia singhala (Duncker, 1912)
  • Dawkinsia srilankensis (Senanayake, 1985) (Blotched filamented barb)
  • Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Silas, 1954)

    • References

    Dawkinsia Wikipedia
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