Haludaria

Haludaria is a genus of cyprinids native to freshwater habitats in the Western Ghats of India. Originally the genus was named Dravidia Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012[1] which is preoccupied by the dipteran genus Dravidia Lehrer, 2010.[2]

Haludaria
Melon barb, Haludaria fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Haludaria
Pethiyagoda, 2013
Type species
Cirrhinus fasciatus
Jerdon, 1849
Synonyms

Dravidia Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012 (preoccupied)

Etymology

The name Haludaria is derived from "Haludar", the name of a young Bengali artist who provided the illustrations for Francis Day's book on the Ganges River fishes.[2]

Description

Adults are small, typically less than 6 cm (2.4 in) SL. Both rostral and maxillary barbels are present. Lateral line is complete and has 18–26 pored scales on body. There are one or two broad, black bars on flank, between bases of dorsal and anal fins.[1]:p.79

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

References
  1. Rohan Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012). "A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 23 (1): 69–95.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Pethiyagoda, R. (2013): Haludaria, a replacement generic name for Dravidia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3646 (2): 199.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Haludaria in FishBase. August 2015 version.
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