Dawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Dawkinsia filamentosa, the filament barb, or poovali paral is a species of barb. Young fish have barely any color and black spots. They start having more color at three months old. The fish is a swift swimmer. Males are larger than females and they fertilize eggs by swimming into the cloud of eggs. The species is most commonly found in coastal floodplains near the Southwest Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This species is also known as blackspot barb.
Wikipedia contributors, Dawkinsia filamentosa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:29:47.720649+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1844)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Dawkinsia
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyBarbinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusDawkinsia Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012
- speciesDawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dawkinsia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dawkinsia arulius (Jerdon, 1849) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia assimilis (Jerdon, 1849) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia rubrotincta (Jerdon, 1849) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia srilankensis (Senanayake, 1985) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia apsara Katwate, Marcus Knight, Anoop, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia austellus Katwate, Marcus Knight, Anoop, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia crassa Katwate, Marcus Knight, Anoop, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dawkinsia uttara Katwate, Apte & Raghavan, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Puntius filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Valenciennes, 1844) | synonym |
| Barbus filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844) (Valenciennes, 1844) | synonym |
| Barbus filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Valenciennes, 1844) | synonym |
| Barbus mahecola (non Valenciennes, 1844) | misapplied |
| Systomus filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Valenciennes, 1844) | synonym |
| Systomus maderaspatensis Jerdon, 1849 Jerdon, 1849 | synonym |
| Systomus madraspatensis Jerdon, 1849 Jerdon, 1849 | synonym |
| Leuciscus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1844 Valenciennes, 1844 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1021856 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:6CG93. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.