''Travancoria'' is a small
genus
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of
hillstream loach
The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or (in Germany) "flossensaugers". Many of the ...
es
endemic
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to
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 ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
in this genus:
[Kottelat, M. (2012)]
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''
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Travancoria elongata
''Travancoria elongata'', which is also known as Periyar loach, (മലയാളം: നെടും കൽനക്കി) is an endangered species of freshwater fish only found in Chalakudy River and Periyar River
Periyar, , (meaning: ''bi ...
''
Pethiyagoda & Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland[C ...](_blank)
, 1994
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Travancoria jonesi''
Hora, 1941 (Travancore loach)
References
Balitoridae
Fish of Asia
Fish of India
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