Dr.Mathews Plamoottil, freshwater fish taxonomist and ichthyologist.

• Head & Asst. Professor, Department of Zoology, Baby John Memorial Govt. College, Chavara, Kollam Dt., Kerala, India.
• Email: mathewsplamoottil@gmail.com; Ph: 9447059690

Authored taxa

• 10 taxon names authored by Mathews Plamoottil (List may be incomplete)

• Mystus indicus
• Mystus menoni
• Mystus heoki
• Mystus keralai
• Mystus catapogon
• Puntius dolichopterus
• Puntius kyphus
• Puntius nelsoni
• Puntius nigronotus
• Puntius viridis
• Puntius euspilurus
• Systomus rufus
• Systomus chryseus
• Systomus laticeps
• Glyptothorax elankadensis
• Horabagrus melanosoma
• Macrognathus fasciatus
• Macrognathus albus
• Rasbora ataenia
• Labeo filiferus
• Batasio flavus
• Pristolepis pentacantha

Publications

• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2012. Glyptothorax elankadensis, a new species of sisorid fish from Manimala River, Kerala, India. Biosystematica 6(2): 17–25.

• Plamoottil, M. 2013. Rediscovery of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae) after one and a half century. Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences 1(7): 1–5. Reference page. 
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Mystus menoni, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 1(4): 315–325.

• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India. Biosystematica 7(1): 43–58. Reference page. 

• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Rediscovery of Pristolepis malabarica after one and a half century. Journal of Advanced Zoology 34(1): 28–35. Reference page. 
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Horabagrus melanosoma, a new fish species (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 1(4): 280–288.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Puntius viridis a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 3(7): 1093–1104.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Rediscovery of Mastacembelus malabaricus after one and Half Century. Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences 1(8), 6–11.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2013. Indigenous fishing methods of Manimala River, Kerala, India. Journal of Advanced Zoology 92–102.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of Experimental Zoology 17: 49–54.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Macrognathus albus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 2(2): 100–105.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Mystus keralai, a new fish species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 2(3): 196–205.
• Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. 2014. Rediscovery and redescription of Mystus armatus Day. International Journal of Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture 4(1): 18–21.

• Plamoottil, M. 2014. Pristolepis pentacantha, a new fish species (Perciformes: Pristolepidae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Scientific Research 3(5): 552–554. Reference page. 
• Plamoottil, M. 2014. Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of research in Biology 4(2).
• Plamoottil, M. 2014. Puntius nelsoni, Systomus chryseus and S. rufus three new fish species from Kerala, India. IJFBS 1(6): 135–145.
• Plamoottil, M., Abraham, N.P., Suresh Kumar U. & George, S. 2014. Development of molecular markers for the study of fish fauna of Manimala River. Int. J. Biol. Technology 5(3):1–6.
• Plamoottil, M. 2015. Ichthyodiversity of Manimala River of Kerala, India.
• Plamoottil, M. 2015. Puntius dolichopterus, a new fish species from Kerala, India. IJPAZ 226–231.
• Plamoottil, M. 2015. Batasio flavus, a new catish from Kerala, India. JRB
• Plamoottil, M. 2016. Mystus catapogon, a new catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 6(2): 1967–1976. PDF Reference page.