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Name
Scientific name
Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis
Described by
Authority Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, Year 1999, Bracketed
Family
Cyprinidae
Common names
Not recorded
Photograph credits
All 4 credited
Summary
Dawkinsia chalakkudiensis is a cyprinid from Kerala, southern India, known from the Chalakudy, Periyar, Pamba and Achankovil rivers. It was…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
125mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 45 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 15–25°C, pH 6.5–7.5
Hardness
5–20dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
India
Writing
Etymology
Dawkinsia: named for Richard Dawkins, for 'his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science'. chalakkudiensi…
Distribution
Initially considered endemic to the Chalakudy River system in Kerala state, southern India, but subsequently recorded from the Periyar, Pamba, and Achankovil r…
Habitat
A stream and river-dwelling species most often found in middle parts of river basins where it typically congregates in rocky pools with dense riparian vegetati…
Aquarium size
Base dimensions of at least 120 ∗ 45 cm or equivalent are required.
Maintenance
Not difficult to keep in a well-maintained aquarium, though perhaps best suited to a set-up designed to resemble a flowing stream or river with a substrate of …
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Wild fish on a variety of worms, insects, crustaceans, plant material, and other organic debris. In the aquarium it is easily-fed but a balanced diet comprisin…
Behaviour and compatibility
Can be belligerent and is unsuitable for the general community aquarium. Robust, similarly-sized cyprinids, characids, catfishes, and perhaps larger botiid loa…
Sexual dimorphism
Adult females tend to grow a little larger, are heavier-bodied, and a little less colourful than males.
Reproduction
Unrecorded but presumably a seasonal spawner in nature like its congener D. denisonii.
Notes
This species was first exported for the aquarium hobby in 1996, with the fish collected from the bottom of a waterfall in the Chalakudy River basin, Kerala and…
References
References
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