Puntius denisonii ';
General information
Puntius denisonii (Hamilton, 1822)
 
 
Common nameDenison barb, Chorakanni
Valid name Sahyadria denisonii (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
Labeo denisonii Day, 1865
Barbus denisonii (Day, 1865)
Puntius denisonii (Day, 1865)
Barbus denisoni (Day, 1865)
Puntius denisoni (Day, 1865)
Crossocheilus denisonii (Day, 1865)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Endangered (EN)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae.
Geographical distribution
India
Occurrence Endemic: India
Importance
Food/ornamental
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Meenachil & Chalakudy rivers of Kerala, India
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
7
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
4m+20sm+18st+8t
Fundamental arm number
74
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag-NOR sites on 4 chromosome pairs
Reference(s)
Nagpure NS, Kumar R, Srivastava SK, Gopalakrishnan A, Verma MS, Basheer VS (2005). Cytogenetic Studies of Fish Species Horabagrus nigricollaris, Puntius denisonii and Puntius sarana subnasutus Endemic to the Western Ghats. Nucleus, 47(3): 143-148.