Hypselobarbus thomassi

Hypselobarbus thomassi
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Hypselobarbus
Species:	H. thomassi
Binomial name
	Hypselobarbus thomassi; (F. Day, 1874)
Synonyms
	Barbus thomassi Day, 1874; Gonoproktopterus thomassi (Day, 1874); Puntius thomassi (Day, 1874);

Hypselobarbus thomassi (the red Canarese barb) is a critically endangered^[1] species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in Karnataka and Kerala, India.^[2] This species is potentially a very large fish, growing to 100 cm (39 in) TL,^[2] possibly even larger.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hypselobarbus thomassi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T169617A6654951. 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Hypselobarbus thomassi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
^ Heinz Machacek (2015). "Puntius thomassi". World Records Freshwater Fishing. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

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