Bhavania

Bhavania
Western Ghats loach (Bhavania australis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Bhavania
Hora, 1920
Type species
Platycara australis
Jerdon, 1849

Bhavania is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balitoridae, the loaches in this family are commonly known as hillstream loaches although this name also refers to the loaches in the family Gastromyzontidae. The loaches in this genus are foiund in southern India.

Species

Bhavania contains three species:[1]

B. arunachalensis is regarded as a species inquirenda and incertae sedis.[2]

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bhavania". FishBase. June 2011 version.
  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bhavania". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. ^ Maurice Kottelat (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.


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