Green carplet
| Green carplet | |
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| Aquarium specimen in the United States | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rasborinae |
| Genus: | Horadandia |
| Species: | H. atukorali |
| Binomial name | |
| Horadandia atukorali Deraniyagala, 1943 | |
The horadandia, green carplet, or glowlight carplet (Horadandia atukorali), is a species of very small freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Danionidae, with the maximum total length being about 3 cm (1.2 in). This species is found in slow-moving or still freshwater and brackish habitats in western Sri Lanka, including coastal swamps and vegetated ponds.[2]
The genus Horadandia was formerly considered monotypic, with the single species found in both Sri Lanka and India. However, a taxonomic revision published in 2013 demonstrated that Indian populations represent a distinct species. Hence, the species Horadandia brittani was described, restricting the range of H. atukorali to Sri Lanka.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. (2019). "Horadandia atukorali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T155068636A60631460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155068636A60631460.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Horadandia atukorali". FishBase. February 2021 version.
- ↑ "A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia" (PDF).
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