Dawkinsia
Sign in to saveDawkinsia is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus Puntius in 2012. The genus is endemic to South Asia; most species are found in the Western Ghats, with one inhabiting the Knuckles Hills of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan species colonized the island by crossing the Palk Isthmus (now the Palk Strait) during the Pliocene-Late Pleistocene.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Dawkinsia is referenced by 21 other articles, and connects out to Western Ghats, Cyprinidae and fin.
It sits within the topics Dawkinsia, Freshwater fish of Asia and Smiliogastrinae.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Puntius filamentosus Thomas.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- taxon name
- Dawkinsia
- Commons category
- Dawkinsia
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Species
- References
Dawkinsia is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus Puntius in 2012. The genus is endemic to South Asia; most species are found in the Western Ghats, with one inhabiting the Knuckles Hills of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan species colonized the island by crossing the Palk Isthmus (now the Palk Strait) during the Pliocene-Late Pleistocene.
== Etymology == Dawkinsia is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in recognition of his "contribution to the public understanding of science, particularly, of evolutionary science". Dawkins describes this as "a great honour".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dawkinsia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 14 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- Português
- Italiano
- Cebuano
- Egyptian Arabic
- Latin
- Malayalam
- Nederlands
- Polski
- Tiếng Việt
- Ukrainian
- ไทย
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0