Distribution, threats and conservation status of <i>Hypselobarbus thomassi</i> (Day, 1874), a poorly known cyprinid fish of the Western Ghats freshwater ecoregion

The Red Canarese Barb, Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day, 1874) is an endemic cyprinid fish of the rivers of the Western Ghats of India, which has been listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Like many of its congeners, H. thomassi is poorly known with very few verifi...

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Main Authors: A. Ali, S. Philip, N. Dahanukar, C.R. Renjithkumar, A. Bijukumar, R. Raghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1011