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Amblypharyngodon melettinus in India
Attentive carplet

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Amblypharyngodon melettinus   (Valenciennes, 1844)
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Ammel_uk.jpg) by Jayasinghe, A.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Attentive carplet
Max. size:	8.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6028)
Environment:	demersal; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: potential
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.50-1.60)
Distribution:	Asia: India and Sri Lanka.
Biology:	Inhabits ponds, slow-flowing streams and canals (Ref. 41236). Prefers still water with a mud substrate in the dry zone. In aquarium, it feeds on phytoplankton (Ref. 6028)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Pethiyagoda, R.. 1991. (Ref. 6028)
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India country information
Common names:	Attentive carplet, Veli Lake carplet, ஊலர்ஸ், വയന്വ്, பச்‍சை தலைக் கென்‍டை, பச்சைதலைக் கென்டை, Enapu-pakke, Oolares, Pachaitalai kendai, Pachathalai kendai, Vayambu, Vayambu		Ref:  Shaji, C.P., P.S. Easa and A. Gopalakrishnan, 2000
Status:	native		Ref:  Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
Salinity:	freshwater
Importance:	of no interest		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Bombay in Western Ghats to Manavalakurichi, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu (Ref. 41236). Found in Veli lake in Trivandrum district, Kerala. Probably endemic to Western Ghats (Ref. 43640). Also Ref. 6028, 40976, 43641, 45255. Status of Threat: IUCN Status is critically endangered (Ref. 43640). Status of threat: Low risk in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
States/Provinces:
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Menon, A.G.K., 1999
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	Checked:  Torres, Armi G.	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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