Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah

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: Torinae
Genus: Hypselobarbus
Species: Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah

Name

Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah Arunachalam et al., 2016

Holotype: MSUMNH 94. Paratypes: ZSI/SRC F. 8750 (2), F. 8759 (1); CMA 44 (4).

Type locality: Thunga River, 13°55’213"N, 75°26’426"E.

Etymology: The name pseudomussullah is referring to the false or pseudo- similarity to the species that it most resembles Hypselobarbus mussullah.

References

• Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. 2016. Remarkable Rediscovery of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) mussullah (Sykes) after 175 years of hiatus and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus Bleeker from peninsular India (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes). Journal of Fish Taxonomy 1: 1–13. Reference page. 
• Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A. & D’souza, R.K.P. 2013. On the identities of Barbus mussullah Sykes and Cyprinus curmuca Hamilton with notes on the status of Gobio canarensis Jerdon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3750(3): 201–215. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.3.1 . Reference page.