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The bionomics and conservation status of a threatened, endemic fish Puntius denisonii has been reported.
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Prasad, G., Ali, A. & Raghavan, R. Threatened fishes of the world: Puntius denisonii (Day 1865) (Cyprinidae). Environ Biol Fish 83, 189–190 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-007-9316-4
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