Etroplus canarensis Day, 1877
Canara pearl spot, Canara pearlspot
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 1987 (Menon et al., 1993)
Distribution
Western Ghats, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Day, F. (1877). Geographical distribution of Indian freshwater fishes—Part I. The Acanthopterygii, spiny-rayed Teleostean fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 13: 1-132. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb02377.x
Other references:
Joseph, Joelin et al. (2019). A Preliminary Investigation on the Population Genetic Structure of Etroplus canarensis Day, 1877 of the Western Ghats, India. Asian Fisheries Science 32: 190-195. doi: https://doi.org/10.33997/j.afs.2019.32.4.007
Menon, A.G.K., Rema Devi, K., Burgess, W.E. 1993. On the rediscovery of Etroplus canarensis Day. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 41(7): 146-149.