Author: Atkore, Knight, Rema Devi & Krishnaswamy, 2015
Comments: Formed small groups of three or four individuals in shallow pools beneath dense riparian canopy. Usually found together with other cyprinid species such as <i>Puntius sahyadriensis and <i>Dawkinsia arulius.  A few juveniles were also observed with <i>Pethia setnai in shallow pools (Ref. 104010).
  The type locality was a pool-riffle sequence in a small gently flowing clear water stream with a pH of 6.1 and water temperature of 25.5°C. The stream at the type locality has a width of 7 m and a depth of 0.6 m. The run-riffle sequence just below the type locality has a flow velocity of 0.2 m/s. This species was collected in an altitude range between 660-910 m ASL. <i>Ochlandra sp., <i>Ficus sp., and <i>Elaeocarpus tuberculatus dominated the land vegetation, providing 80% shade. The substrate was composed of leaf litter mostly with <i>Lagenandra sp., bamboo leaves, and clay.  Other fishes commonly found at the type locality included the following:  <i>Devario malabaricus, <i>Salmophasia boopis, <i>Garra mullya, <i>Barilius canarensis, <i>Barbodes wynaadensis, <i>Tor khudree, <i>Dawkinsia arulius, <i>Puntius sahyadriensis, <i>Osteochilus nashii (Cyprinidae), <i>Batasio sharavatiensis (Bagridae), and <i>Nemacheilus denisoni (Nemacheilidae) (Ref. 104010).