A global perspective on tropical montane rivers

AC Encalada, AS Flecker, NLR Poff, E Suárez… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Tropical montane rivers (TMR) are born in tropical mountains, descend through montane
forests, and feed major rivers, floodplains, and oceans. They are characterized by rapid …

Illegal and unmanaged aquaculture, unregulated fisheries and extreme climatic events combine to trigger invasions in a global biodiversity hotspot

S Raj, AB Kumar, J Tharian, R Raghavan - Biological Invasions, 2021 - Springer
Focusing on extreme climatic events in India's Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, we
demonstrate that unmanaged aquaculture and unregulated fisheries can often combine with …

DNA barcode based delineation of freshwater fishes from northern Western Ghats of India, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots

TS Patil, RA Jamdade, SM Patil, SP Govindwar… - Biodiversity and …, 2018 - Springer
DNA barcodes analyzed by using relevant techniques provide an imperative approach
towards validation of prevailing taxa and putative species. Here, molecular methods were …

Protected areas and imperilled endemic freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats Hotspot

R Raghavan, S Das, PO Nameer… - Aquatic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fresh waters and their resources continue to be one of the most imperilled ecosystems on
Earth, yet very little emphasis has been placed on identifying and developing in situ …

Phylogeny of the hillstream loach genus Mesonoemacheilus reveals widespread diversification through ancient drainage connections in the Western Ghats …

VK Anoop, N Dahanukar, S Philip, L Thomas… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Rivers draining the Western Ghats (WG) mountain ranges in peninsular India
harbor an exceptionally diverse, unique and evolutionarily distinct assemblage of lower …

Molecular phylogeny unveils hidden diversity of hillstream loaches (Cypriniformes: Cobitoidea) in the northern Western Ghats of India

A Keskar, R Raghavan, MS Paingankar, P Kumkar… - Meta Gene, 2018 - Elsevier
The diversity of hillstream loaches in the northern part of the Western Ghats region of India
was studied for the first time using two mitochondrial genes, cytochrome oxidase subunit I …

Distribution, threats and conservation status of Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day, 1874), a poorly known cyprinid fish of the Western Ghats freshwater ecoregion

A Ali, S Philip, N Dahanukar… - … of Threatened Taxa, 2013 - threatenedtaxa.org
Abstract The Red Canarese Barb, Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day, 1874) is an endemic
cyprinid fish of the rivers of the Western Ghats of India, which has been listed as †Critically …

Issues on the inclusion of Puntius denisonii (Day), a freshwater ornamental fish of global value, as Schedule-I species under the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act …

AK Jain, TVA Mercy, A Jain - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Puntius denisonii is popularly known as Miss Kerala in India or Denison barb or Red line
torpedo barb in the global ornamental fish trade. The species is endemic to fast-flowing …

Vertebral monstrosities: phenotypically shortened fish with deformed vertebrae in endemic fish genus Hypselobarbus (Bleeker, 1860), (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from …

JT Mallegowda, D Devadas, K Ramteke… - The Journal of Basic and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Fish with vertebral monstrosities are very rare in the wild, as those individuals in
the natural populations tend to perform poorly to survive in any ecosystem. Species of the …

[PDF][PDF] Captive breeding and developmental biology of Sahyadria denisonii (Day 1865)(Cyprinidae), an endangered fish of the Western Ghats, India

TVA Mercy, S Sajan, V Malika - Indian Journal of Fisheries, 2015 - academia.edu
Over the past few decades wild population of Sahyadria denisonii (Day 1865), an endemic
ornamental barb of the Western Ghats of India has been overexploited for aquarium trade …