Hypselobarbus thomassi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Hypselobarbus |
Species: | H. thomassi
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Binomial name | |
Hypselobarbus thomassi (
F. Day, 1874)
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Hypselobarbus thomassi (the red Canarese barb) is a critically endangered [1] species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in Karnataka and Kerala, India. [2] This species is potentially a very large fish, growing to 100 cm (39 in) TL, [2] possibly even larger. [3]