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Ghatsa
Sign in to saveGhatsa is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. This genus is created for species previously assigned to Homaloptera from the Western Ghats of India.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyBalitoridae
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- hillstream loach
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Ghatsa is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. This genus is created for species previously assigned to Homaloptera from the Western Ghats of India.
==Species== There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: Ghatsa menoni (Shaji & Easa, 1995) Ghatsa montana (Herre, 1945) (Anamalai loach) Ghatsa pillaii (Indra & Rema Devi, 1981) (Silent Valley loach) Ghatsa santhamparaiensis (Arunachalam, J. A. Johnson & Rema Devi, 2002) (Santhampara loach) Ghatsa silasi (Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011)
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