Ghatsa is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. This genus is created for species previously assigned to Homaloptera from the Western Ghats of India.[1]

Ghatsa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Ghatsa
Z. S. Randall & Page, 2015 [1]
Type species
Homaloptera montana
Herre, 1945

Species

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There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. (2015): On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 3926 (1): 57–86.
  2. ^ Kurup, B.M. & Radhakrishnan, K.V. (2011): Fishes of the genus Homaloptera Van Hasselt, 1823 in Kerala, with description of a new species Homaloptera silasi. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 107 (3) [2010]: 224-226.