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Barbodes carnaticus (Carnatica carp; Carnatic carp)

Synonyms: Barbus carnaticus; Puntius carnaticus; Systomus carnaticus
Language: Czech; Hindi; Kannada; Malayalam; Mandarin Chinese; Tamil

Wikipedia Abstract

Hypselobarbus carnaticus, also known as the Carnatic carp is a species of cyprinid fish from the Western Ghats in India where it inhabits riffles and larger pools in rapidly flowing rivers and streams. It prefers to shelter underneath boulders and overhangs. This species can reach a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL and has attained a maximum report weight of 12 kilograms (26 lb). It is a commercially important fish and is also farmed.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 1364022 India  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Caballeroia bhavani[2]
Falcaustra brevispiculata <Unverified Name>[2]
Falcaustra kaverii[2]
Falcaustra nilgiriensis[2]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0