| Dawkinsia tambraparniei | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Dawkinsia |
| Species: | D. tambraparniei |
| Binomial name | |
| Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Silas, 1954) | |
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Dawkinsia tambraparniei is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Tambraparni River basin in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. This species can reach a length of 12.8 centimetres (5.0 in) SL.
Taxonomy
Dawkinsia tambraparniei was originally described as the subspecies Puntius arulius tambraparniei from the Tamiraparani River by E.G. Silas in 1953. This species was later classified under the new genus Dawkinisia.
Threats
This species population has significantly decreased in recent years due to human activities such as sand mining.
References
- Dahanukar, N. (2015). "Dawkinsia tambraparniei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T172449A70422868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T172449A70422868.en. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dawkinsia tambraparniei". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- Prem Kumar, K.; Padmanabhan, K.G.; Balasubramanian, N.K. (31 December 1984). "A note on the length-weight relationship of Puntius amphibius (Val.) (Pisces-Cyprinidae)". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 14 (1–2): 59–64. doi:10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.04. ISSN 0137-1592.
- Kannan, Karuppiah; Johnson, Jeyaraj; Kumar, Ajit; Gupta, Sandeep (31 March 2014). "Mitochondrial DNA variation in the endangered fish Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 44 (1): 3–8. doi:10.3750/aip2014.44.1.01. ISSN 0137-1592.
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| Dawkinsia tambraparniei | |
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