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Etymology: Dawkinsia: Named for Richard Dawkins, for his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science; austellus: 'austellus' (Latin), i.e., meaning south, referring to its type locality in southern India. Noun in apposition (Ref. 127046).
Eponymy: Dr Clinton Richard Dawkins (d: 1941) is an ethologist and evolutionary biologist who was Professor for Public Understanding of Science (1995–2008) at Oxford, which had awarded both his bachelor’s degree (1962) and his doctorate (1966) and where he [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
Asia: India.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 127046)
Inhabits the main river area and is found with cyprinids Dawkinsia filamentosa, D. lepida, Pethia punctata, Puntius mahecola, Devario malabaricus (Jerdon) and the cichlid
Pseudetroplus maculatus (Ref. 127046).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Katwate, U., J.D. Marcus Knight, V.K. Anoop, R. Raghavan and N. Dahanukar, 2020. Three new species of filament barbs of the genus Dawkinsia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 70(2):207-233. (Ref. 127046)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00253 - 0.01250), b=3.09 (2.89 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).