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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Scientific classification 
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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
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Species
editThere are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Ghatsa menoni Shaji & Easa, 1995 [1]
- Ghatsa montana Herre, 1945 (Anamalai loach) [1]
- Ghatsa pillaii Indra & Rema Devi, 1981 (Silent Valley loach) [1]
- Ghatsa santhamparaiensis Arunachalam, J. A. Johnson & Rema Devi, 2002 (Santhampara loach) [1]
- Ghatsa silasi Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011 [1][2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.