Family : Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order : Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Khandalla minnow
Fish Name : Parapsilorhynchus tentaculatus
Max size : 4.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41236)
Environment : benthopelagic
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Asia: India.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Occurs in hill streams with sandy and gravelly bottom (Ref. 26727, 41236)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4832)

India country information
Common Names : Khandalla minnow
Status : endemic
Salinity : freshwater
Uses : no uses