The ecology and distribution of percoid fish Dario neela from Wayanad in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Abstract

Dario neela, a newly described badid fish endemic to the Western Ghats is little known to science. Distribution and ecology of this species is not well documented. In this paper, we provide information on new records of this rare fish from Wayanad region of the Western Ghats and discuss its distribution, ecology and conservation.

Keywords

• badid fish
• conservation
• distribution
• ecology
• endemic
• new records.