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Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844)

Attentive carplet
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Common names: Attentive carplet, Enapu-pakke, Oolares
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Bombay in Western Ghats to Manavalakurichi, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu (Ref. 41236). Found in Veli lake in Trivandrum district, Kerala. Probably endemic to Western Ghats (Ref. 43640). Also Ref. 6028, 40976, 43641, 45255. Status of Threat: IUCN Status is critically endangered (Ref. 43640). Status of threat: Low risk in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menon, A.G.K., 1999
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Danionidae (Danios) > Rasborinae
Etymology: Amblypharyngodon: Greek, amblys = darkness + Greek, pharyngx = pharynx + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

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