Attentive carplet

Attentive carplet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Danioninae
Genus:	Amblypharyngodon
Species:	A. melettinus
Binomial name
	Amblypharyngodon melettinus; (Valenciennes, 1844)
Synonyms
	Leuciscus melettina Valenciennes, 1844; Amblypharyngodon chakaiensis Babu Rao & Nair, 1978; Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis Jordan & Starks, 1917; Brachygramma jerdonii Day, 1865; Rhodeus indicus Jerdon, 1849

The attentive carplet or silver carplet (Amblypharyngodon melettinus) is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in freshwater streams, ponds and rivers of India and Sri Lanka.^[2]

Etymology

The generic name comes from Greek, "amblys" means "darkness" and Greek name "pharyngx" for "pharynx" with "odous" means "teeth".^[2]

References

^ Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Amblypharyngodon melettinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2017. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Amblypharyngodon melettinus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

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[IUCN-1] Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Amblypharyngodon melettinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2017. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Amblypharyngodon melettinus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

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