Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Series: Otophysi
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Labeoninae
Genus: Gonorhynchus
Species: Gonorhynchus periyarensis

Name

Gonorhynchus periyarensis (Menon & Jacob, 1996)

Type locality: Periyar River, Thanikkudy (Thekkady), Kerala State, South India.

Etymology: named after its type locality, the Periyar River.

Synonyms

References

  • Ciccotto, P.J. & Page, L.M. 2016. Revised diagnosis of the genus Gonorhynchus McClelland (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeonini) with redescription of G. latius (Hamilton) and revalidation of G. wattanah (Sykes). Zootaxa 4127(3): 471–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.3.4 . Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
  • Menon, A.G.K. & Jacob, P.C. 1996. Crossocheilus periyarensis, a new cyprinid fish from Thanikkudy (Thekkady), Kerala, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 93(1): 62–64. Reference page. 
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