Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India

Raghavan, Rajeev; Philip, Siby; Ali, Angrej; Dahanukar, Neelesh

doi:10.11609/jott.o3673.4932-8

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“…These same analyses, however, provided no support for the monophyly of the genera Striuntius and Barbodes , and ambiguous support for Dawkinsia versus Sahyadria . The genus Sahyadria , including the two species S. denisonii and S. chalakkudiensis , was recognized by Raghavan, Philip, Ali, & Dahanukar (2013) using limited taxa sampling and one gene marker (Cyt b ). In the present study, the monophyly of Dawkinsia and the validity of Sahyadria varied depending upon genes examined.…”

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Molecular phylogeny and divergence of major clades in the Puntius complex (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)

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The order Cypriniformes is the most diverse group within the superorder Ostariophysi and has over 4,200 species, and is natively distributed on all continents except for Antarctic, South America and Australia. The family Cyprinidae is the largest freshwater fish family in Cypriniformes and includes over 3,000 species grouped in about 370 genera (Nelson, Grande, & Wilson, 2016). Interestingly, the order includes the smallest known vertebrate species with a maximum body size of 9 mm and other species can range up to 3 m (Kottelat, Britz, Hui, & Witte, 2006; Froese & Pauly, 2019). Species inhabit an incredible array of habitats including streams, springs, lakes and caves, and the group includes species that are only found in acidic bogs (pH = 3-4) of SouthEast Asia. With species inhabiting a great variety of habitats comes a broad array of adaptations in their ecologies, morphologies, behaviours, colorations and many other features. Thus, this group represents an outstanding lineage with which to conduct a vast array of evolutionary studies. However, historically the evolutionary/phylogenetic relationships in some groups of the vast majority of species have never been

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“…These genera include Desmopuntius , Puntigrus , Oliotius and Striuntius . Raghavan, Philip, Ali, & Dahanukar (2013) recognized one new genus Sahyadria from the Western Ghats of India. Currently, eleven genera (including Puntius s.s .)…”

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Molecular phylogeny and divergence of major clades in the Puntius complex (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)

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“…beddomei respectively) from this landscape [69–70]. Recent discoveries of a few new genera of arthropods [71–76], fishes [77–78], frogs [79], lizards [80–81] and birds [10] provide further evidence of the importance of the Western Ghats as a biodiversity hotspot. Our new finding once again underscores our limited knowledge about snake diversity and distribution patterns in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.…”

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Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae

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Srikanthan

Ganesh³

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The Western Ghats are well known as a biodiversity hotspot, but the full extent of its snake diversity is yet to be uncovered. Here, we describe a new genus and species of vine snake Proahaetulla antiqua gen. et sp. nov ., from the Agasthyamalai hills in the southern Western Ghats. It was found to be a member of the Ahaetuliinae clade, which currently comprises the arboreal snake genera Ahaetulla , Dryophiops , Dendrelaphis and Chrysopelea , distributed in South and Southeast Asia. Proahaetulla shows a sister relationship with all currently known taxa belonging to the genus Ahaetulla , and shares ancestry with Dryophiops . In addition to its phylogenetic position and significant genetic divergence, this new taxon is also different in morphology from members of Ahaetuliinae in a combination of characters, having 12–13 partially serrated keels on the dorsal scale rows, 20 maxillary teeth and 3 postocular scales. Divergence dating reveals that the new genus is ancient, dating back to the Mid-Oligocene, and is one of the oldest persisting monotypic lineages of snakes in the Western Ghats. This discovery adds to the growing list of ancient lineages endemic to the Agasthyamalai hills and underscores the biogeographic significance of this isolated massif in the southern Western Ghats.

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“…We used the cytb gene dataset of South Asian cyprinid fishes by Pethiyagoda et al (2012), Raghavan et al (2013a) and additional sequences of Pethia, Dawkinsia and Haludaria available from NCBI GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). Accession numbers for the sequences used for the analysis are provided in Fig.…”

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Phylogenetic position and osteology of Pethia setnai (Chhapgar & Sane, 1992), an endemic barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) of the Western Ghats, India, with notes on its distribution and threats

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Paingankar²,

Jadhav³

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J. Threat. Taxa

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Abstract:Pethia setnai is an endemic and threatened freshwater fish of the Western Ghats of India. It has a restricted distribution in the west flowing rivers in the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. We clarify the phylogenetic position of Pethia setnai, provide osteological details of topotypic material, and morphometric data of specimens from Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. We also provide details on micro-level distribution, habitat and threats to the species in its native range.

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Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India

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Molecular phylogeny and divergence of major clades in the Puntius complex (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)

Molecular phylogeny and divergence of major clades in the Puntius complex (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)

Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae

Phylogenetic position and osteology of Pethia setnai (Chhapgar & Sane, 1992), an endemic barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) of the Western Ghats, India, with notes on its distribution and threats

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