Three new species of hill stream loach genus Indoreonectes (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from peninsular India

Authors

  • Shrikant Jadhav
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana
  • M. Karuthapandi
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana
  • Deepa Jaiawal
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana
  • C. Shiva Shankar
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana
  • K. P. Dinesh
     Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune - 411044, Maharashtra
  • C. Raghunathan
     Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal
  • Dhriti Banerjee
     Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/172675

Keywords:

Eastern Ghats, Freshwater Fish, Indoreonectes, Taxonomy, Western Ghats

Abstract

Fishes of the genus Indoreonectes (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) are widely distributed and endemic to the peninsular India. An integrative taxonomic approach-based study including morphology, geography, genetic distance and mt Cytb genebased molecular phylogenetic analysis resulted in the description of three new species of Indoreonectes namely, I. amrabad sp. nov. from the Eastern Ghats, whereas I. kalsubai sp. nov. and I. radhanagari sp. nov. from the northern Western Ghats. Overall, species diversity of the genus has increased from five species to eight species in peninsular India, wherein six species are known from the Western Ghats and two species from the Eastern Ghats. We also provide DNA analysis based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence to support the distinction of the new species.

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2024-11-06

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Jadhav, S., Karuthapandi, M., Jaiawal, D., Shankar, C. S., Dinesh, K. P., Raghunathan, C., & Banerjee, D. (2024). Three new species of hill stream loach genus <i>Indoreonectes</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from peninsular India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 124(1), 11–24. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/172675

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