Author: Plamoottil, 2014
FBname: Travancore yellow barb
Comments: This species occurs in Kallumkal, a site of merging of Pamba River with Manimala River.  This part of the river is blanketed by mud dominant sediments, the sand occurs as discrete patches within the mud dominant deposits. The depth and width of the channel at Kallumkal ranges from 1 to 10 and 30 to 85 m, respectively; the reach has a bank height of 1 to 2 m from the general water
  level. Riparian vegetation is  moderate; major flora includes <i>Bambusa bambos, B. vulgaris, Hibiscus tiliaceus</i> and <i>Ochreinauclea missionis</i>; and <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> and
  <i>Cymbopogon flexuosus</i> are major grass species in this area.  Some fishes co-occurring with this species in the region are:  <i>Rasbora dandia, Osteobrama bakeri, Amblypharyngodon microlepis, Dawkinsia filamentosus, Haludaria fasciatus, Puntius parrah, P. viridis, Pethia ticto, Gonoproktopterus kurali, Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Labeo dussumieri, Cirrhina mrigala,  Horabagrus brachysoma</i>, and <i>Wallago attu</i> (Ref. 104747).