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| name = Bowany barb<br />
| status = PE<br />
| image = Barbus bovianicus Mintern 138.jpg<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|author=Manimekalan, A. |author2= Dahanukar, N. |author3=Raghavan, R. |author4= Ali, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title= ''Neolissochilus bovanicus'' |article-number= e.T172431A79816276 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-3.RLTS.T172431A79816276.en|access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Barbodes bovanicus<br />
| authority = ([[Francis Day|Day]], 1877)<br />
| synonyms = <br />
* ''Neolissochilus bovanicus'' <small>(Day, 1877)</small><br />
* ''Barbus bovanicus'' <small>Day, 1877</small><br />
* ''Puntius bovanicus'' <small>(Day, 1877)</small><br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=IUCN/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Barbodes bovanicus''''', the '''Bowany barb''',<ref name=IUCN/> is a species of [[cyprinid]] fish native to the [[Cauvery River]] system in India. Its range is presently restricted to a single reservoir behind the [[Mettur Dam]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=IUCN/> This species can reach a length of {{convert|36|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|TL]].<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Neolissochilus |species= bovanicus| month = October| year = 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The specific epithet is derived from the [[Bhavani River]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Fish described in 1877]]<br />
[[Category:Barbodes|bovanicus]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Francis Day]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
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