Haludaria

Glühkohlenbarben ( Haludaria fasciata )

Haludaria is a South Asian genus of the carp family (Cyprinidae ). All species of the genus are endemic only in South India or Sri Lanka. To the genus, which was only in summer 2012 placed (as Dravidia ), include four types have previously been placed in the genus Puntius collection. The original genus name was derived from the Dravidian peoples, the inhabitants of southern India. Early 2013, it turned out that is preoccupied already for a flesh fly genus of the original genus name Dravidia and as a new genus name Haludaria was elected, drew in memory of " Haludar ", a Bengali artist who fish illustrations for Francis Buchanan - Hamilton's work " Gangetic Fishes ".

Features

Reach Haludaria species than adult fish usually a standard length of less than 6 cm. Only the type species, the Glühkohlenbarbe ( Dravidia fasciatus ) is a maximum length of 8 cm slightly larger. The body of the Haludaria species is laterally flattened and elongated. Diagnostic features of the genus are one pair maxillary and rostral barbels (a total of four barbels on the upper jaw ), a complete lateral line with 18 to 26, provided with pores shed, 4 unbranched and 8 branched dorsal fin rays, the last unbranched fin ray of the dorsal fin weakly developed and smooth, 3 unbranched and 5 branched anal-fin rays, simple gill rakers ( pointed, not branched or lamellar flattened ), the broad infra orbital bones # 3 ( bones around the eyes ), which partially overlaps the Vorkiemendeckel free Uroneuralia and one or two broad black bands on the sides of the body between the dorsal and anal fin.

Species

• Haludaria afasciata ( Jayaram, 1990)
• Glühkohlenbarbe ( Haludaria fasciata ) ( Jerdon, 1849) ( type species )
• Haludaria kannikattiensis ( Arunachalam & Johnson, 2003)
• Haludaria melanampyx ( Day, 1865)