Horabagrus melanosoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Siluriformes

Familia: Bagridae
Genus: Horabagrus
Species: Horabagrus melanosoma

Name

Horabagrus melanosoma Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR 2384.
• Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/IR 2385 (9).

Type locality: West Venpala, Manimala River, Kerala, India, 3 kms from Thiruvalla town [1] of Pathanamthitta district.

References

• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N. P.; 2013: Horabagrus melanosoma, a new fish species (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 1 (4): 280–288.
• Ali, A., Katwate, U., Philip, S., Dhaneesh, K.V., Bijukumar, A., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. 2014. Horabagrus melanosoma: a junior synonym of Horabagrus brachysoma (Teleostei: Horabagridae). Zootaxa 3881(4): 373–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.5 Reference page.