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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Ali, A. |author2=Raghavan, R. |date=2011 |title=''Travancoria elongata'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T172320A6867198 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172320A6867198.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Travancoria
| species = elongata
| authority = [[Rohan Pethiyagoda|Pethiyagoda]] & [[Maurice Kottelat|Kottelat]], 1994
}}

'''''Travancoria elongata''''', which is also known as '''Periyar loach''', (മലയാളം: നെടും കൽനക്കി) is an endangered species<ref>{{FishBase |genus=Travancoria |species=elongata |id=54296 |month=August |year=2021 }}</ref> of freshwater fish only found in [[Chalakudy River]] and [[Periyar River]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=(PDF) New records of the Endangered balitorid loach, ''Travancoria elongata'' Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994, from the Kerala part of the Western Ghats, India|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256202104_New_records_of_the_Endangered_balitorid_loach_Travancoria_elongata_Pethiyagoda_Kottelat_1994_from_the_Kerala_part_of_the_Western_Ghats_India|access-date=2021-08-19|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref> from the family of Balitoridae
(River loaches).<ref>{{Cite web|title=ADW: ''Travancoria elongata'': CLASSIFICATION|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Travancoria_elongata/classification/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=animaldiversity.org}}</ref> These fishes grows up to {{convert|11|cm|in}} long. Large-scale capture of these species from rivers in order to export them to the international market as ornamental fish has become a threat to this species. Included in the Red Data Book, they are on the verge of extinction.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6A5uDnNI-s Periyar loach video]

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[[Category:Taxa named by Rohan Pethiyagoda]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1994]]
[[Category:Balitoridae]]

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Travancoria elongata - Revision history

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