Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Pillai & Yazdani, 1976
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
- Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Pillai & Yazdani, 1976
- Name authority
- Pillai & Yazdani, 1976
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Genus
- Lepidocephalichthys
- 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
- familyCobitidae Swainson, 1838
- subfamilyCobitinae Swainson, 1838
- genusLepidocephalichthys Bleeker, 1863
- speciesLepidocephalichthys goalparensis Pillai & Yazdani, 1976
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lepidocephalichthys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lepidocephalichthys alkaia Havird & Page, 2010 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys annandalei Chaudhuri, 1912 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini Havird & Tangjitjaroen, 2010 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum Kottelat & Lim, 1992 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys micropogon (Blyth, 1860) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys hasselti (Valenciennes, 1846) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys irrorata Hora, 1921 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton, 1822) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys coromandelensis (Menon, 1992) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus (Rendahl, 1948) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides (Bleeker, 1851) | CobitidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Lepidocephalus caudofurcatus Tilak & Husain, 1978 Tilak & Husain, 1978 | synonym |
| Lepidocephalus goalparensis (Pillai & Yazdani, 1976) (Pillai & Yazdani, 1976) | 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.
- Pillai, R. S., & Yazdani, G. M. (1976). Two new species and two records of Lepidocephalichthys Bleeker [Pisces: Cobitidae] from Assam and Meghalaya, India, with a key to the known species. Journal of the Zoological Society of India, 26 (1–2) [for 1974]: 11–17. [Dated 1974, published in 1976.]. 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:6PB8G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.