Attentive carplet

Attentive carplet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Danioninae
Genus:Amblypharyngodon
Species: A. melettinus
Binomial name
Amblypharyngodon melettinus
(Valenciennes, 1844)
Synonyms

Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844
Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978
Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917
Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865
Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849

The attentive carplet or silver carplet (Amblypharyngodon melettinus) is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in freshwater streams, ponds and rivers of India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Etymology

The generic name comes from Greek, "amblys" means "darkness" and Greek name "pharyngx" for "pharynx" with "odous" means "teeth".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Amblypharyngodon melettinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Amblypharyngodon melettinus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.


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