Waikhomia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the hillstreams of the Western Ghats in India.
| Waikhomia | |
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| Waikhomia sahyadriensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Waikhomia Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Waikhomia hira Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020[1] | |
Species
editWaikhomia contains the following species;[2]
- Waikhomia hira Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020
- Waikhomia sahyadriensis (Silas, 1953) (Khavli barb)
References
edit- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Smiliogastrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Waikhomia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2025.