Dawkinsia

Dawkinsia is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was recently split off from genus Puntius.[1]

Dawkinsia
Dawkinsia exclamatio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Dawkinsia
Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012
Type species
Leuciscus filamentosus

Etymology

Dawkinsia is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in recognition of his "contribution to the public understanding of science, particularly, of evolutionary science".[1]:p.80 Dawkins describes this as "a great honour".[2]

Description

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.Found in western ghats[1]:p.80

Species
Dawkinsia srilankensis

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[3]

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References
  1. Rohan Pethiyagoda, R.; Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012). "A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 23 (1): 69–95.
  2. Bethan Jinkinson (19 July 2012). "Ten species named after famous people". BBC News. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Dawkinsia in FishBase. August 2015 version.
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