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Horalabiosa palaniensis Rema Devi & Menon, 1994

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Horalabiosa palaniensis Rema Devi & Menon, 1994
Name authority
Rema Devi & Menon, 1994
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Horalabiosa
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. genusHoralabiosa Silas, 1954
  13. speciesHoralabiosa palaniensis Rema Devi & Menon, 1994

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Horalabiosa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Horalabiosa arunachalami Johnson & Soranam, 2001CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Horalabiosa joshuai Silas, 1954CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Rema Devi, K., & Menon, A. G. K. (1994). Horalabiosa palaniensis, a new cyprinid fish from Palani Hills, western Ghats, south India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 91: 110–111. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3MNP2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.