Dawkinsia

Dawkinsia

Taxonavigation

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: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Dawkinsia
Species (9): D. arulius – D. assimilis – D. exclamatio – D. filamentosa – D. rohani – D. rubrotinctus – D. singhala – D. srilankensis – D. tambraparniei

Name

Dawkinsia Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012

• Etymology: named after Richard Dawkins, English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, zoologist and writer.

• Type species: Leuciscus filamentosus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1844. Fixation: original designation [see p. 80]

Primary references

• Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. 2012. A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23(1): 69–95. PDF Reference page.