Loaches of the genus Lepidocephalichthys are ubiquitous in Peninsular India and the
nearby continental-shelf island of Sri Lanka. Four valid species are reported from this region …

Maharaja Barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), endemic to the high-altitude streams of the northern
Western Ghats are currently represented by a single species, Puntius sahyadriensis …

Abstract Aim The Western Ghats Hotspot in peninsular India harbours remarkable diversity
and endemism of freshwater fish. However, the ichthyofauna's evolutionary histories and …

Snails of the genus Cremnoconchus–the only freshwater members of the gastropod family
Littorinidae–are endemic to the spray zones of numerous waterfalls in the Western Ghats of …

We studied faunistic and ecological factors influencing distributions of aquatic beetles in the
Northern Western Ghats (NWG) of India. In the period 2013–2017, we collected 213 …

A second subterranean species of Pangio is described from an old dug-out well in Kerala,
Southern India. The new species, Pangio pathala is unique within the genus in possessing …

 Abstract This work describes a new species, Balitoraanlongensissp. nov., collected from a
cave at **nglong Town, Anlong County, Guzihou, China. Phylogenetic trees reconstructed …

Koima, a new genus of nemacheilid loach, is described for Mesonoemacheilus remadevii
Shaji 2002, and Nemacheilus monilis Hora 1921, both of which are endemic to the Western …

A new species of hill-stream loach, Indoreonectes telanganaensis, is described from a
seasonal tributary of the Godavari River at Maisamma Loddi, within the Kawal Tiger …

Paracanthocobitis putaoensis sp. nov. is described based on analysis of morphological and
molecular data (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I—COI). The new species was collected from …