Haludaria

Haludaria

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 Haludaria
Species: H. afasciata – H. fasciata – H. kannikattiensis – H. melanampyx – H. pradhani

Name

Haludaria Pethiyagoda, 2013

• Typus: Cirrhinus fasciatus Jerdon, 1849 = Haludaria fasciata
• Gender: feminine
• Replacement name for Dravidia Pethiyagoda et al., 2012 preoccupied by Dravidia Lehrer, 2010

• Etymology: Haludaria nom. nov. is named after 'Haludar, a Bengal youth', who ca 1797 was the artist who made the illustrations in Francis Hamilton's book Gangetic Fishes on the fishes of the Ganges River.

Synonyms

• Dravidia Pethiyagoda et al., 2012

Primary references

• Lehrer, A. C. (2010). Biodiversite du genre Kozlovea Rohdendorf et etablissement d’un nouveau genre pour la faune d’Inde (Diptera, Sarcophagidae). Fragmenta Dipterologica 25: 23–28.
• Pethiyagoda, R. 2013. Haludaria, a replacement generic name for Dravidia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3646(2): 199–199. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.2.9 Reference page. 
• 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.