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Arulius barb

Arulius barb
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Dawkinsia
Species:
D. arulius
Binomial name
Dawkinsia arulius
(Jerdon, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Systomus arulius Jerdon, 1849
  • Barbus arulius (Jerdon, 1849)
  • Puntius rubrotinctus (Jerdon, 1849)
  • Systomus rubrotinctus (Jerdon, 1849)

The Arulius barb (Dawkinsia arulius) is a tropical cyprinid fish native to the Kaveri River basin of south east India.[2] Other common names include Tamiraparani barb, Silas barb and longfin barb.

  1. ^ Abraham, R. (2015). "Dawkinsia arulius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T172500A70168511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T172500A70168511.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dawkinsia arulius". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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