Kalabans

Kalabans
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Bangana
Species:	B. dero
Binomial name
Bangana dero (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms [2]
Cyprinus dero Hamilton, 1822 Sinilabeo dero (Hamilton 1822) Labeo dero (Hamilton 1822) Cyprinus (Bengana) falcata Gray, 1832 Gobio malacostomus McClelland, 1839 Cirrhina sindenensis Day, 1872 Labeo sindensis (Day 1872) Labeo rilli B. L. Chaudhuri, 1912 Labeo henshawi Fowler, 1924

The kalabans (Bangana dero) is a species of cyprinid fish found in streams in the Himalayan foothills in India, Nepal, and China. It is also found in Bangladesh. ^[3]

The species is sexually dimorphic with males developing nuptial tubercles. ^[4]

References

1. Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Bangana dero". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T166424A6206188. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166424A6206188.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bangana". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bangana dero". FishBase . November 2016 version.
4. Sunder Lal Hora; K. S. Misra (31 August 1936). "Sexual Dimorphism in the Carp Labeo Dero (Ham.)". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 38 (3): 341. doi: 10.26515/rzsi/v38/i3/1936/162325 .