Mathews Plamoottil

Prof. Dr. Mathews Plamoottil (fl. 2012-), Indian freshwater fish taxonomist and ichthyologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2012. Glyptothorax elankadensis, a new species of sisorid fish from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2): 17–25. Reference page.

Plamoottil, M. 2013. Rediscovery of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae) after one and a half century. Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences 1(7): 1–5. Reference page.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Mystus menoni, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 1(4): 315–325.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India. Biosystematica 7(1): 43–58. Reference page.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Rediscovery of Pristolepis malabarica after one and a half century. Journal of Advanced Zoology 34(1): 28–35. Online Reference page.
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.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Puntius viridis a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 3(7): 1093–1104.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Rediscovery of Mastacembelus malabaricus after one and Half Century. Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences 1(8), 6–11.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Indigenous fishing methods of Manimala River, Kerala, India. Journal of Advanced Zoology 92–102.

Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of experimental zoology India 17(1): 49–54. Reference page.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Macrognathus albus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 2(2): 100–105.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Mystus keralai, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 2(3): 196–205.
Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Rediscovery and redescription of Mystus armatus Day. International Journal of Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture 4(1): 18–21.
Plamoottil, M. 2014. Pristolepis pentacantha, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepidae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Scientific Research 3(5): 552–554. Reference page.
Plamoottil, M. 2014. Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of research in Biology 4(2).
Plamoottil, M. 2014. Puntius nelsoni, Systomus chryseus and S. rufus three new fish species from Kerala, India. IJFBS 1(6): 135–145.
Plamoottil, M. Abraham, N.P. Suresh Kumar U. & George, S. 2014. Development of molecular markers for the study of fish fauna of Manimala River. Int. J. Biol. Technology 5(3):1–6.
Plamoottil, M. 2014. Batasio flavus, a new catfish from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 3 (5). 74- 76.

Plamoottil, M. 2015. Ichthyodiversity of Manimala River of Kerala, India.
Plamoottil, M. 2015. Puntius dolichopterus, a new fish species (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 3(3): 226–231. PDF Reference page.
Plamoottil, M. 2015. Batasio flavus, a new catfish species (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 5(5): 1799–1808. PDF Reference page.

Plamoottil, M. 2016. Mystus catapogon, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 6(2): 1967–1976. PDF Reference page.

Plamoottil, M. and Win, T. 2017. Pristolepis pauciradiatus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. Bioscience Discovery 8 (3): 613-618.
Plamoottil, M. 2017. Pristolepis procerus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. European Journal of Zoological Research 5 (1):40-44.

Plamoottil, M. & Maji. D. 2020. Systomus gracilus a new fish (cypriniformes: cyprinidae) species from west Bengal. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. 7524). 23 (2): 1033-1038
Plamoottil, M. & Vineeth, K. 2020. A new cyprinid fish Barilius cyanochlorus from Kerala, India. Biodiversitas. 21 (11): 5389-5394.
Plamoottil, M. & Vineeth, K. 2020. Discovery of a new teleost fish Puntius ocellus from Kerala, India. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences - Zoology. 12 (2): 93-102. DOI: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.116964
Plamoottil, M. 2020. Puntius sanctus, a new fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) species from Tamil Nadu, India. Bioscience Research 17 (1): 560-567.
Plamoottil, M. 2020. Hypselobarbus procerus a new cyprinid fish species from Kerala, India. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 42 (24):696-705.

Plamoottil, M. 2021. Heteropneustes fuscus (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae), a new catfish species from Kerala, India. Biodiversitas. 22: (12) 87- 98. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d230112
Plamoottil, M, 2021. Osteochilichthys formosus, a new cyprinid fish from Kerala, India. Bioscience Research 19 (3): 1311-1320.
Plamoottil, M. & Vineeth, K. 2021. Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, Hypselobarbus nitidus- from Kerala, India. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries 26 (2): 511 – 528 .

Plamoottil, M. 2022. Osteochilichthys elegans, a new cyprinid fish from Kerala, India. Bioscience Research 19 (2): 974-990.