Rakthamichthys roseni
(Bailey and Gans 1998) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Synbranchiformes | Synbranchoidei | Synbranchidae |
Synonyms
Monopterus roseni Bailey and Gans 1998
Country
IndiaTypes
Holotype and only known specimen: UMMZ 228131, 176mm TL.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: a well at Periyam village, northern Kerala State, India (altitude 50m) (10o38’N, 76o22’E). This sits is approximately 100 km north of the type (and only known) locality for Monopterus eapeni.
Habitat
The well is in a flat area surrounded by paddy fields. No details of the real habitat are known as only one specimen was taken from the well. It is likely that the fish inhabits small conduits in a laterite aquifer.
Systematics
Despite the rather short distance between the localities for the two subterranean Monopterus species they appear to be quite different (Bailey and Gans 1998) although it must be noted that both species are known only from single individuals. Until further specimens are available it will not be possible to make sensible statements about their relationships. Britz et al. (2016) state that external similarity to West African Monopterus species suggests that M. roseni might be a member of the ‘Amphipnous group’ within Monopterus.
Conservation Status
(Raghavan, R. and Ali, A. 2011. Monopterus roseni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172478A6900390.en. Downloaded on 06 July 2017).
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
- Rosen, D. E. and Greenwood, P. H. (1976)
- Mercy, T.V.A. (1981)
- Mercy, T.V.A. (1981)
- Mercy, T.V.A. (1982)
- Mercy, T.V.A., Padmanabhan, K.G. and Pillai, N.K. (1982)
- Mercy, T.V.A. (1983)
- Mercy, T.V A., Pillai, N.K. and Balasubramonian, N.K. (1984)
- Mercy, T.V.A. and Pillai, N.K. (1984/5)
- Bailey, R M. and Gans, C. (1998)
- Mercy, T.V.A. (2000)
- Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (2000)
- Ranjit Daniels, R.J. (2001)
- Mercy, T.V.A. and Pillai, N.K. (2001)
- Mercy, T.V.A., Pillai, N.K. and Balasubramonian, N.K. (2001)
- Gopi, K.C. (2002)
- Biju, S.D. and Bossuyt, F. (2003)
- Kurup B.M. Radhakrishnan K.V. and Manojkumar T.G. (2004)
- Bossuyt, F., Meegaskumbura, M., Beenaerts, N., Gower, D.J., Pethiyagoda, R., Roelants, K., Mannaert, A., Wilkinson, M., Bahir, M.M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Ng, P.K.L., Schneider, C.K., Oommen, O.V. and Milinkovitch, M.C. (2004)
- Roelants, K., Jiang, J. and Bossuyt, F. (2004)
- Dahanukar, N., Raut, R. and Bhat, A. (2004)
- Gopi, K.C. (2006)
- Gunawardene, N.R. et al. (2007)
- Ollier, CD and Sheth, HC (2008)
- Pati, A.K. and Parganiha, A. (2010)
- Subhash Babu, K.K. and Sivasankaran, B.N. (2010)
- Britz, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalrotluanga and Lalramliana (2011)
- Vincent, M. and Thomas, J. (2011)
- Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Ali, A., Abraham, R. and Shaji, C.P. (2011)
- Vincent, M. (2012)
- Raghavan, R.., Das, K.., Nameer, P.O., Bijukumar, A. and Dahanukar, N. (2016)
- Britz, R., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Kouete, M.T., Sykes, D. and Gower, D.J. (2016)
- Varma, A. (2017)
- Pavan-Kumar, A. (2017)
- Britz, R., Sykes, D., Gower, D.J. & Kamei, R.G. (2018)
- De Grave, S., Arjun, C.P. and Raghavan, R. (2018)
- Britz, R., Anoop, V.K., Dahanukar, H. and Raghavan, R. (2019)
- Anoop, V.K., Britz, R., Arjun, C.P., Dahanukar, N. and Raghavan, R. (2019)
- Britz, R., Sudasinghe, H., Sykes, D. and Tharindu Ranasinghe, R.H. (2020)
- Sidharthan, A., Raghavan, R., Anoop, V.K., Philip. S. and Dahanukar, N. (2020)
- Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V.K., Philip, S., Clark, B., Raghavan, R. and Rüber, L. (2020)
- Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Standing, A., Philip, S., Kumar, B. amd Raghavan, R. (2020)
- Raghavan, R., Britz, R. and Dahanukar, N. (2021)
- Vasan, T., Das, P., Varma, V., Tiwari, A., Prakash, A., Manilal, D., Thomas, L., Arjun, C.P., Philip, S., Raghavan, R. and Binoy, V.V. (2021)
| Rosen, D. E. and Greenwood, P. H. | Journal Article | 1976 | A fourth neotropical species of synbranchid eel and the phylogeny and systematics of synbranchiform fishes |
| Mercy, T.V.A. | Journal Article | 1981 | On the unique disposition of the valvula cerebelli in Horaglanis krishnai (Teleostei) |
| Mercy, T.V.A. | Thesis | 1981 | Biology of the blind catfish of Kerala, Horaglanis krishnai Menon |
| Mercy, T.V.A. | Journal Article | 1982 | On the presence of a forked barbel in the blind catfish Horaglanis krishnai Menon |
| Mercy, T.V.A., Padmanabhan, K.G. and Pillai, N.K. | Journal Article | 1982 | Morphological studies on the oocytes of the blind catfish Horaglanis krishnai Menon |
| Mercy, T.V.A. | Journal Article | 1983 | Studies on the air bladder of blind clariid Horaglanis krishnai Menon |
| Mercy, T.V A., Pillai, N.K. and Balasubramonian, N.K. | Journal Article | 1984 | Studies on the oxygen consumption of the blind catfish Horaglanis krishnai |
| Mercy, T.V.A. and Pillai, N.K. | Journal Article | 1984/5 | The anatomy and histology of the alimentary tract of the blind cat-fish Horaglanis krishnai |
| Bailey, R M. and Gans, C. | Journal Article | 1998 | Two new synbranchid fishes, Monopterus roseni from penisular India and M. desilvai from Sri Lanka |
| Mercy, T.V.A. | Book Section | 2000 | Biology of an endemic blind catfish Horaglanis krishnai Menon |
| Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. | Book | 2000 | Endemic fish diversity of Western Ghats |
| Ranjit Daniels, R.J. | Journal Article | 2001 | Endemic fishes of the Western Ghats and the Satpura hypothesis |
| Mercy, T.V.A. and Pillai, N.K. | Journal Article | 2001 | Studies on the cranial osteology of the blind catfish Horaglanis krishnai menon (Pisces, Clariidae) |
| Mercy, T.V.A., Pillai, N.K. and Balasubramonian, N.K. | Journal Article | 2001 | Studies on certain aspects of behaviour in the blind catfish Horaglanis krishnia Menon |
| Gopi, K.C. | Journal Article | 2002 | A new synbranchid fish, Monopterus digressus from Kerala, peninsular India |
| Biju, S.D. and Bossuyt, F. | Journal Article | 2003 | New frog family from India reveals an ancient biogeographical link with the Seychelles |
| Kurup B.M. Radhakrishnan K.V. and Manojkumar T.G. | Conference Paper | 2004 | Biodiversity status of fishes inhabiting rivers of Kerala (S. India) with special reference to endemism, threats and conservation measures |
| Bossuyt, F., Meegaskumbura, M., Beenaerts, N., Gower, D.J., Pethiyagoda, R., Roelants, K., Mannaert, A., Wilkinson, M., Bahir, M.M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Ng, P.K.L., Schneider, C.K., Oommen, O.V. and Milinkovitch, M.C. | Journal Article | 2004 | Local endemism within the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot |
| Roelants, K., Jiang, J. and Bossuyt, F. | Journal Article | 2004 | Endemic ranid (Amphibia: Anura) genera in southern mountain ranges of the Indian subcontinent represent ancient frog lineages: evidence from molecular data |
| Dahanukar, N., Raut, R. and Bhat, A. | Journal Article | 2004 | Distribution, endemism and threat status of freshwater fishes of the Western Ghats of India |
| Gopi, K.C. | Book | 2006 | Fish Fauna of Kozhikode District, Keraia, South India |
| Gunawardene, N.R. et al. | Journal Article | 2007 | A brief overview of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot |
| Ollier, CD and Sheth, HC | Journal Article | 2008 | The High Deccan duricrusts of India and their significance for the ‘laterite’ issue |
| Pati, A.K. and Parganiha, A. | Book Section | 2010 | Subterranean fishes of India |
| Subhash Babu, K.K. and Sivasankaran, B.N. | Conference Paper | 2010 | The hypogean fauna of selected ecosystems of Kerala, India, with two new records |
| Britz, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalrotluanga and Lalramliana | Journal Article | 2011 | Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India |
| Vincent, M. and Thomas, J. | Journal Article | 2011 | Observations on the foraging behaviour of a subterranean fish Monopterus digressus (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) |
| Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Ali, A., Abraham, R. and Shaji, C.P. | Book Section | 2011 | Chapter 3. The status and distribution of freshwater fishes of the Western Ghats |
| Vincent, M. | Journal Article | 2012 | Occurence, distribution and troglomorphisms of subterranean fishes of penninsular India |
| Raghavan, R.., Das, K.., Nameer, P.O., Bijukumar, A. and Dahanukar, N. | Journal Article | 2016 | Protected area and imperriled endemic freshwater biodiversity in the Westren Ghats hotspot |
| Britz, R., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Kouete, M.T., Sykes, D. and Gower, D.J. | Journal Article | 2016 | Monopterus luticolus, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae) |
| Varma, A. | Book | 2017 | Groundwater resource and governance in Kerala: status issues and prospects |
| Pavan-Kumar, A. | Journal Article | 2017 | Molecular phylogeny of genus Horaglanis (Indian blind catfishes) within Family Clariidae |
| Britz, R., Sykes, D., Gower, D.J. & Kamei, R.G. | Journal Article | 2018 | Monopterus rongsaw, a new species of hypogean swamp eel from the Khasi Hills in Northeast India (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae). |
| De Grave, S., Arjun, C.P. and Raghavan, R. | Journal Article | 2018 | The discovery of Euryrhynchidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in India, with the description of a new genus and species |
| Britz, R., Anoop, V.K., Dahanukar, H. and Raghavan, R. | Journal Article | 2019 | The subterranean Aenigmachanna gollum, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, India |
| Anoop, V.K., Britz, R., Arjun, C.P., Dahanukar, N. and Raghavan, R. | Journal Article | 2019 | Pangio bhujia, a new, peculiar species of miniature subterranean eel loach lacking dorsal and pelvic fins from India (Teleostei: Cobitidae) |
| Britz, R., Sudasinghe, H., Sykes, D. and Tharindu Ranasinghe, R.H. | Journal Article | 2020 | Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae) |
| Sidharthan, A., Raghavan, R., Anoop, V.K., Philip. S. and Dahanukar, N. | Journal Article | 2020 | Riddle on the riffle: Miocene diversification and biogeography of endemic mountain loaches in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot |
| Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V.K., Philip, S., Clark, B., Raghavan, R. and Rüber, L. | Journal Article | 2020 | Aenigmachannidae, a new family of snakehead fishes (Teleostei: Channoidei) from subterranean waters of South India |
| Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Standing, A., Philip, S., Kumar, B. amd Raghavan, R. | Journal Article | 2020 | Osteology of ‘Monopterus’ roseni with the description of Rakthamichthys, new genus, and comments on the generic assignment of the Amphipnous Group species (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes). |
| Raghavan, R., Britz, R. and Dahanukar, N. | Journal Article | 2021 | Poor groundwater governance threatens ancient subterranean fishes |
| Vasan, T., Das, P., Varma, V., Tiwari, A., Prakash, A., Manilal, D., Thomas, L., Arjun, C.P., Philip, S., Raghavan, R. and Binoy, V.V. | Journal Article | 2021 | Captivity-induced behaviour and spatial learning abilities in an enigmatic, aquifer-dwelling blind eel, Rakthamichthys digressus |