Dawkinsia assimilis

Dawkinsia assimilis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Dawkinsia.[3] It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats.[1] They are known as Mascara Barb.[4]

Dawkinsia assimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Dawkinsia
Species:
D. assimilis
Binomial name
Dawkinsia assimilis
(Jerdon, 1849)[2]
Synonyms
  • Systomus assimilis Jerdon, 1849
  • Puntius assimilis (Jerdon, 1849)
  • Puntius lepidus Day, 1868

References
  1. Raghavan, R. (2015). "Dawkinsia assimilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T195364A70169148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T195364A70169148.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius assimilis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
  4. "Dawkinsia assimilis – Mascara Barb (Systomus assimilis, Puntius assimilis) — Seriously Fish". Retrieved 15 October 2020.


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