''Crossocheilus periyarensis'' is a
species
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
in the
family
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Cyprinidae.
This species is only found in
Periyar River
Periyar, , (meaning: ''big river'') is the longest river and the river with the largest discharge potential in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the few perennial rivers in the region and provides drinking water for several major towns. ...
in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
[Kottelat, M. (2016): On ''Gonorynchus'', ''Gonorhynchus'', ''Gonorinchus'', ''Gonorhinchus'' and ''Gonorrhynchus'', and some other names of labeonine fishes (Teleostei: Gonorynchidae and Cyprinidae). ''Zootaxa, 4178 (3): 443-450.''][Ciccotto, P.J. & Page, L.M. (2016): Revised diagnosis of the genus ''Gonorhynchus'' McClelland (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeonini) with redescription of ''G. latius'' (Hamilton) and revalidation of ''G. wattanah'' (Sykes). ''Zootaxa, 4127 (3): 471–492.'']
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of India
Fish described in 1996
Crossocheilus
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