Description

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Common Names

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Parma pochybná , Czech , Czechia

Cock fiish , English , India

Nilgiris barb , English , India

Nilgiri mägiparrak , Estonian , Estonia

Koorlu , Kannada , India

Ogrlu , Kannada , India

Oorlu , Kannada , India

Kozhimeen , Malayalam , India

കൊഴിമീന് , Malayalam , India

കോഴിമീന് , Malayalam , India

似高须魮 , Mandarin Chinese , China

似高鬚魮 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Arijan kenadi , Tamil , India

Kozhi , Tamil , India

Kozhi arinjan kendai , Tamil , India

Kozhimeen , Tamil , India

கோழரிஞ்சக் கென்டை , Tamil , India

கோழி மீன் , Tamil , India

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Hypselobarbus

Species: Hypselobarbus dubius (Day, 1867)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits deeper portion of large streams and rivers below the ghats (Ref. 41236). Migrates upstreams during floods and spawns in the upper reaches of streams (Ref. 4832). Omnivorous; feeds on allochthonous plant materials, seeds, terrestrial insects, Chironomous larvae and small benthic mollusks (Ref. 44151).

Habitat

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benthopelagic