Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2010
Fishes of the genus Homaloptera Van Hasselt, 1823 in Kerala, with description of a new species Homaloptera silasi.A new Homalopterid fish, Homaloptera silasi is described based on five specimens collected from Kattamadithode, a small stream connecting with Periyar river in Periyar Tiger Reserve at Chokkanpetty. The morphomeristic characters of the species were found varied when compared to all other known species of the Genus Homaloptera and is described here as a new species.
B.M. Kurup& K.V. Radhakrishnan
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 107(3), Sep-Dec 2010