Indoreonectes evezardi
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| Indoreonectes evezardi | |
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| Individual from the cave-adapted population | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Indoreonectes |
| Species: | I. evezardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Indoreonectes evezardi (F. Day, 1872) | |
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Indoreonectes evezardi is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. Earlier it was known as Nemacheilus evezardi described by Day (1878) captured from a river stream near Pune. It is endemic to India, found in the Western Ghats and the Satpuras. Most populations are found in normal streams, but two distinct cave-adapted forms exist in Kotumsar Cave.
The fish is named in honor of Col. George C. Evezard (1826–1901), of the Bombay Staff Corps, who helped in procuring the type specimen.[2]
