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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Dawkinsia: Named for Richard Dawkins, for his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science; rohani: Named for Rohan Pethiyagoda, in appreciation of his extensive work on the freshwater fishes of India and Sri Lanka. A noun in the masculine genitive singular.
Eponymy: Dr Clinton Richard Dawkins (d: 1941) is an ethologist and evolutionary biologist who was Professor for Public Understanding of Science (1995–2008) at Oxford, which had awarded both his bachelor’s degree (1962) and his doctorate (1966) and where he [...] Tilak Rohan David Pethiyagoda (d: 1955) (abbreviated to Rohan Pett by deed poll in 2010) is a Sri Lankan biologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: hill streams of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu, India, draining into the Arabian Sea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85075)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished from all members of the Puntius filamentosus group sensu by having the following characters: unique color pattern of a black club-shaped blotch 1.5 scales high extending from the 12-13th lateral-line scales to the caudal-fin base; absence of any other body color pattern anterior to it (vs. presence in Puntius arulius, Puntius tambraparniei, Puntius srilankensis and Puntius exclamatio); and absence of a transverse black band near the tip of each caudal-fin lobe (vs. presence in Puntius assimilis and Puntius filamentosus) (Ref. 85075).

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Rema Devi, K., T.J. Indra and J.D.M. Knight, 2010. Puntius rohani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb in the Puntius filamentosus group from the southern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (9):1121-1129. (Ref. 85075)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Vulnerable (VU) (D2); Date assessed: 07 September 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00502 - 0.02287), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.7 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Dawkinsia rohani (Rema Devi, Indra & Knight, 2010)