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Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)

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Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAplocheilus affinis Jerdon, 1849
synonymAplocheilus lineolatus (Freund, 1913)
synonymAplocheilus rubropictus Stansch, 1973
synonymAplocheilus rubrostigma (non Jerdon, 1849)
synonymAplocheilus vittatus Jerdon, 1849
synonymAplochilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
synonymHaplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
synonymHaplochilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
synonymHaplochilus rubropictus Stansch, 1973
synonymHaplochilus rubrostigma (non Jerdon, 1849)
synonymPanchax lineatum Valenciennes, 1846
synonymPanchax lineatus Valenciennes, 1846
synonymPanchax rubrostigma (non Jerdon, 1849)
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Malabar Killie
Gujarati
  • Dindiya
Kannada
  • Kudian
  • Moogumalli
Malayalam
  • Choottan
  • Manattukanni
  • Varayan Poonjan
  • ചൂട്ടന്
  • മാനത്ത് കണ്ണി
  • വരയന് പൂഞ്ഞാന്
Marathi
  • Pikoo
  • Piku
  • Poochatie
  • Tic
Tamil
  • Manankanni
  • Mundakanni
  • Vanampartha Meen
  • முண்டக் கண்ணி
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Freshwater, Brackish, Ornamental, Threatened
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Size
    Max Length

    10 (unsexed) 

    Size

    10.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Societe Française d"Ichtyologie, Museum National d"Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p.
    Trophic Strategy
    Lives in streams and reservoirs at high altitudes, and in rivers, wells of the plains, low-lying paddy fields, swamps and brackish waters.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Societe Française d"Ichtyologie, Museum National d"Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p.
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat

    Habitat

    Freshwater
    Freshwater
    Habitat benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater; brackish
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
      Description
      Remark

      Occurs in western (Coorg, Wayanad, Kerala) and south eastern regions. Found in Western Ghats

      Occurrence

      native 

      Distribution

      Asia: Widely distributed in Peninsular India . Reported from Sri Lanka .

      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. Menon, A.G.K. 1999 Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p.
      No Data
      📚 Occurrence
      No Data
      📚 Demography and Conservation
      Conservation Status

      IUCN Red List Category

      Least Concern
      Least Concern
      Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
      No Data
      📚 Uses and Management
      Uses
      aquarium: commercial
      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4690, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
      No Data
      📚 Information Listing
      References
      Natural History > Size
      1. Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Societe Française d"Ichtyologie, Museum National d"Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p.
      Natural History > Trophic Strategy
      1. Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Societe Française d"Ichtyologie, Museum National d"Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p.
      Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
      1. Menon, A.G.K. 1999 Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p.
      Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
      1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
      Uses and Management > Uses
      1. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.

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      cepfrit

      Paper published in JoTT, July 2011

      cepfrit
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      📚 Meta data
      No Data
      🐾 Taxonomy
      RootRoot
      KingdomAnimalia
      PhylumChordata
      ClassActinopterygii
      OrderCyprinodontiformes
      FamilyAplocheilidae
      GenusAplocheilus
      SpeciesAplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes 1846)
      📊 Temporal Distribution
      📷 Related Observations
      👥 Groups
      India Biodiversity PortalIndia Biodiversity Portal
      Vembanad Fish CountVembanad Fish Count
      Vembanad Wetland Conservation ProgramVembanad Wetland Conservation Program
      The Western GhatsThe Western Ghats
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