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Taxonomic studies on the fishes of the family Cyprinidae from lake Kolleru, Andhra Pradesh

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The paper gives descriptions of 18 cyprinid species from lake Kolleru. These descriptions have been proved necessary because comparison of specimens of each of the species from the lake with relevant existing descriptions has shown that many of the latter are inadequate. Of the 18 species, 8 are new records for the lake.Danio devario reported for the first time from the lake also happens to be a new record for the entire area of Krishna-Godavary river systems. The taxonomic study has shown that : (1)Chela laubuca (Ham. Buch.) is polytypic, (2) the differences betweenOxygaster andChela justify their being treated as distinct genera though these were considered as congeneric by some earlier workers, (3) available data are not adequate to establish whether the subspecies recognised underB. sarana are valid or not, (4) the specimens with a pair of barbels from Madras identified asB. sophore by Raj may beB. chola (Ham. Buch.), (5) the specimens identified by Day asB. sophore are not so; these specimens are now without a valid name, (6)Barbus sophoroides Günther appears to be a junior synonym ofB. chola on available evidence, (7)B. ticto from different localities shows variation in the number of pored lateral line scales and the differences observed in this character do not seem to be of infraspecific significance, (8) the genusRohtee Sykes is provisionally considered as including three subgenera:Rohtee s. str.,Mystacoleucus andOsteobrama. Keys to identify the species ofBarbus, Cirrhinus, andLabeo are given.

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    Present address: Kakinada Research Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 533002, Kakinada

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  1. Department of Zoology, Nagarjuna University, 522510 A.P., Nagarjuna Nagar

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Sriramachandra Murty, V. Taxonomic studies on the fishes of the family Cyprinidae from lake Kolleru, Andhra Pradesh. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 85, 107–146 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051759

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