Mercy, A. & Eapen J., 2007
A new species of Teleostei: Puntius Poodokensis (Cyprinidae) from Wayanad, Kerala, India.Abstract
Puntius pookodensis is described as a new species of Puntius from Pookode Lake, Wayanad, Kerala. It is characterised by the combination of the following characters: serrated, spiny dorsal ray, incomplete lateral line, 22-23 scales in lateral series, lateral transverse rows 4/3 ½, 18 circumferential scales, a shoulder spot and one or two spots on the caudal peduncle. The species is compared with its closest relatives, the widespread Puntius ticto and P. punctatus found in southern India, and with a look-alike P. shalynius from north-east India.
Mercy, A. and Eapen J.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol.104(1) : 76-78 pp, 2007.