| Barbodes wynaadensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbodes |
| Species: | B. wynaadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbodes wynaadensis (F. Day, 1873) | |
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Barbodes wynaadensis is a species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to the Wyanad Plateau and its surroundings in the southern Western Ghats, India. It occurs in fast-flowing rivers and streams with rock substrates. This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.
Species revision in 2014 based on phylogenetic study has moved this fish from Barbodes to Neolissochilus.
References
- ^ Abraham, R. (2011). "Barbodes wynaadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172429A6890607. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172429A6890607.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbodes wynaadensis". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Ali, Anvar; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Philip, Siby; Krishnakumar, K.; Raghavan, Rajeev (2014). "Distribution, threats and conservation status of the Wayanad Mahseer, Neolissochilus wynaadensis (Day, 1873) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): An endemic large barb of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (5): 5686–5699. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3901.5686-99.
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| Barbodes wynaadensis | |
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