Mesonoemacheilus menoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Mesonoemacheilus.[2] It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats in Kerala, India, where it occurs in the upper reaches of the Periyar River over substrates of cobbles, pebbles and sand in flowing water. It is common within the Periyar Tiger Reserve but may be threatened by predation and competition from the invasive African cichlid Mozambique tilapia, the common carp and Clarias gariepinus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Mesonoemacheilus |
| Species: | M. menoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesonoemacheilus menoni (Zacharias & Minimol, 1999)
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| Synonyms | |
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Nemacheilus menoni Zacharias & Minimol, 1999 | |
References edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Nemacheilus menoni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ a b Raghavan, R.; Ali, A. (2011). "Nemacheilus menoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172349A6873754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172349A6873754.en. Downloaded on 29 December 2017.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
External links edit
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