Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Hypselobarbus

Species: Hypselobarbus jerdoni (Day, 1870)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits running waters (Ref. 4832). Occurs in deeper part of large streams below the ghats (Ref. 41236). Feeds on debris, leaf litter and other plant matter; column and bottom feeder (Ref. 44149).

Habitat

benthopelagic