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| image = Pandabarben.jpg<br />
| image_caption = [[Melon barb]], ''Haludaria fasciata''<br />
| taxon = Haludaria <br />
| authority = [[Rohan Pethiyagoda|Pethiyagoda]], 2013<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
| subdivision =<br />
| type_species = ''[[Haludaria fasciata|Cirrhinus fasciatus]]''<br />
| type_species_authority = [[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1849<br />
| synonyms = ''Dravidia'' <small>Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012</small> (preoccupied)<br />
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'''''Haludaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[cyprinid]]s native to freshwater habitats in the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]]. Originally the genus was named ''Dravidia'' <small>Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012</small><ref name=PethiyagodaEtAl>{{cite journal |author=Rohan Pethiyagoda, R. |author2=Meegaskumbura, M. |author3=Maduwage, K. |year=2012 |url=http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief23_1_12.pdf |title=A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to ''Puntius'' (Pisces: Cyprinidae) |journal=Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=69–95 |archive-date=2012-11-19 |access-date=2015-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119143800/http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief23_1_12.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is preoccupied by the [[diptera]]n genus ''Dravidia'' <small>Lehrer, 2010</small>.<ref name=Pethiyagoda2013>{{cite journal|author=Pethiyagoda, R. |year=2013 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03646p199.pdf |title=''Haludaria'', a replacement generic name for ''Dravidia'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3646 |issue=2|page= 199}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The name ''Haludaria'' is derived from "Haludar", the name of a Bengali youth and artist who provided the illustrations for [[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Francis Hamilton]]'s (Formerly Buchanan) book on the [[Ganges River]] fishes.<ref name=Pethiyagoda2013/><br />
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==Description==<br />
Adults are small, typically less than {{cvt|6|cm}} [[Fish measurement|SL]]. Both rostral and maxillary [[Barbel (anatomy)|barbels]] are present. [[Lateral line]] is complete and has 18–26 pored scales on body. There are one or two broad, black bars on flank, between bases of dorsal and anal fins.<ref name=PethiyagodaEtAl/>{{rp|p.79}}<br />
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==Species==<br />
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus | genus = Haludaria | access-date = 24 February 2026}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Haludaria afasciata]]'' <small>([[Kottore Chidambaram Jayaram|Jayaram]], 1990)</small><br />
* ''[[Melon barb|Haludaria fasciata]]'' <small>([[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1849)</small> (Melon barb)<br />
* ''[[Haludaria kannikattiensis]]'' <small>([[Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam|Arunachalam]] & [[Jeyaraj Anthony Johnson|J. A. Johnson]], 2003)</small><br />
* ''[[Haludaria melanampyx]]'' <small>([[Francis Day|F. Day]], 1865)</small><br />
* ''[[Haludaria pradhani]]'' <small>(Tilak, 1973)</small><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]</div>LinetteFisher