Back Dawkinsia filamentosa Bulgarian Dawkinsia filamentosa Catalan Dawkinsia filamentosa CEB Schwarzfleckbarbe German Puntius filamentosus Spanish Dawkinsia filamentosa Basque Rihmabarbi Finnish Dawkinsia filamentosa Italian പൂവാലിപ്പരൽ Malayalam Puntius filamentosus Dutch
| Dawkinsia filamentosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Dawkinsia |
| Species: | D. filamentosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Dawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes, 1844)
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Dawkinsia filamentosa,[3] the filament barb, or poovali paral is a species of barb. Young fish have barely any color and black spots. They start having more color at three months old. The fish is a swift swimmer.[4] Males are larger than females and they fertilize eggs by swimming into the cloud of eggs.[5] The species is most commonly found in coastal floodplains near the Southwest Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This species is also known as blackspot barb.[6]
- ^ Dahanukar, N. (2023). "Dawkinsia filamentosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T175045686A60628681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T175045686A60628681.en. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Dawkinsia filamentosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Pethiyagoda, R.; Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012). "A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 23 (1): 69–95.
- ^ McInerny, Derek; Geoffry Gerard (1989). All About Tropical Fish (Fourth ed.). Great Britain: Harrap Limited. pp. 159. ISBN 0-8160-2168-6.
- ^ "Filament Barb". Tropical Fish Keeping. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Puntius filamentosus - Filament Barb". Seriously Fish. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2009-11-03.