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Dawkinsia filamentosa
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Dawkinsia filamentosa,[3] the filament barb, or poovali paral is a species of barb. Young fish have barely any color and black spots. They start having more color at three months old. The fish is a swift swimmer.[4] Males are larger than females and they fertilize eggs by swimming into the cloud of eggs.[5] The species is most commonly found in coastal floodplains near the Southwest Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This species is also known as blackspot barb.[6]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Dawkinsia |
Species: | D. filamentosa |
Binomial name | |
Dawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844) | |
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