Gonorhynchus periyarensis

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Labeoninae
Genus: Gonorhynchus
Species: Gonorhynchus periyarensis

Name

Gonorhynchus periyarensis (Menon & Jacob, 1996)

• Holotype: SRS/ZSI F.3508.
• Paratypes: SRS/ZSI F.3509 (3).

Type locality: Periyar River, Thanikkudy (Thekkady), Kerala State, South India.

Etymology: named after its type locality, the Periyar River.

Synonyms

• Crossocheilus periyarensis Menon & Jacob, 1996

References

• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.3.4. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Menon, A.G.K. & Jacob, P.C. 1996. Crossocheilus periyarensis, a new cyprinid fish from Thanikkudy (Thekkady), Kerala, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 93(1): 62–64. Reference page. 

Links

• Gonorhynchus periyarensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Gonorhynchus periyarensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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