Journal Article
Endemic fishes of the Western Ghats and the Satpura hypothesis
Ranjit Daniels, R.J.
Record Number:
6016
Year:
2001
Journal:
Current Science
Pages:
240-244
Volume:
81
Abstract:
Starting late in the 19th century till the first half of the 20th century, biogeographers in India were
attempting to explain the apparent discontinuity in the ranges of certain plants and animals. The isolated
presence of flora and fauna of Malayan origin in the Western Ghats and other south Indian hills led to a lot
of speculation on the prehistory of peninsular India. At this time, Sunder Lal Hora, an ichthyologist,
proposed the Satpura hypothesis, which over the years has remained unquestioned though not adequately
substantiated. Recent advances in systematics and ecology of freshwater fishes and better understanding of
peninsular India’s geological history have rendered the Satpura Hypothesis untenable.
Times Cited:
9
Relevent Species:
Horaglanis krishnai Menon 1950Horaglanis abdulkalami Subhash Babu 2012Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu and Nayar 2004Aenigmachanna gollum Britz, Anoop, Dahanukar and Raghavan 2019Rakthamichthys digressus (Gopi 2002) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys roseni (Bailey and Gans 1998) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys indicus (Eapen 1963) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar, and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys rongsaw (Britz, Sykes, Gower and Kamei 2018) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys mumba Praveenraj, Thackeray, Mohapatra, and Pavan-Kumar 2021