Anamalai loach

Ghatsa montana, also known as the Anamalai Stone loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Ghatsa.[1] It should not be confused with Anamalai Loach (Mesonoemacheilus herrei).

Anamalai loach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Ghatsa
Species:
G. montana
Binomial name
Ghatsa montana
Herre, 1945
Synonyms
  • Homaloptera montana Herre, 1945

References

  1. Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. (2015): On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 3926 (1): 57–86.


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