Dario urops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

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: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Badidae
Genus: Dario
Species: Dario urops

Name

Dario urops Britz, Ali & Philip, 2012

• Holotype: CRG-SAC 2012.3.1
• Paratypes: CRG-SAC 2012.3.2–11 (10); BMNH 1870.5.2.9, 1889.2.1.3193-7 (5).

Type locality: India: Karnataka: from a small unnamed stream, off the Barapole tributary of Valapattanam river, 12°00.310’N, 75°53.408’E; 811m asl.

Etymology: The species name urops is derived from the Greek oura (= tail), and ops (= eye), and refers to the conspicuous eye spot on the caudal peduncle. A noun in apposition.

References

Primary references

• Britz, R.; Ali, A.; Philip, S. 2012: Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa 3348: 63–68. Preview Reference page. 

Links

• Dario urops in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 11, 2021.
• Dario urops in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 11, 2021.
• Dario urops – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Dario urops in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 11, 2021