Research Publications

Novel Taxa Descriptions

GENUS

1. Waikhomia Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020

SPECIES

1. Badis britzi Dahanukar, Kumkar, Katwate & Raghavan, 2015

2. Balitora chipkali Kumkar, Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016

3. Pethia sanjaymoluri Katwate, Jadhav, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016

4. Pethia sahit Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2018

5. Waikhomia hira Katwate, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020

6. Indoreonectes neeleshi Kumkar, Pise, Gorule, Verma & Kalous, 2021

7. Indoreonectes rajeevi Kumkar, Pise, Gorule, Verma & Kalous, 2021

Research Articles

1. Verma CR., Pise M., Khare T., KUMKAR P., Kalous L. (2024) Social media and genetic evidence demonstrate the expansion of an invasive fish in India. Journal of Vertebrate Biology.

2. Verma, C.R., Pise, M., Hýsek, Š., Źółtowska, S., KUMKAR, P., Kalous, L. & Gosavi SM. (2024) Occurrence and Distribution of Plastispheres in Coastal Sediments and Waters along the Maharashtra Coast, India. Thalassas.

3. Verma C. R., KUMKAR P., Shendage T., Shinde P., Kumar V., Kharat S., Khare T. & Kalous L. (2023) Carbon nanofibers caused oxidative stress and disrupted anti-predator responses in common spiny loach. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. 

4. KUMKAR, P., Verma, C. R., Hýsek, Š., Pise, M., Źółtowska, S., Gosavi, S. M., ... & Kalous, L. (2023) Contaminants and their ecological risk assessment in beach sediments and water along the Maharashtra coast of India: A comprehensive approach using microplastics, heavy metal(loid)s, pharmaceuticals, personal care products and plasticizers. Science of The Total Environment, 164712.

5. Šmejkal, M., Dočkal, O., Thomas, K., Verma, C. R., KUMKAR, P. & Kalous, M. (2023) First record of highly invasive Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 (Perciformes: Odontobutidae) in the Elbe River Basin, Czechia. Aquatic Ecology.

6. Verma, C. R., Gosavi, S. M., Pise, M., Kalous, M., & KUMKAR, P. (2023) Effect of diethyl phthalate on predator–prey chemo-ecology in Lepidocephalichthys thermalis. Aquatic Ecology.

7. Verma, C.R., Pise, M., Kumkar, P.,  Gosavi, S. M., & Kalous, L. (2022) Microplastic Contamination in Ulhas River Flowing Through India’s Most Populous Metropolitan Area. Water Air Soil Pollution, 233, 520.

8. Verma, C. R., KUMKAR, P., Khare, T., Pise, M., Kalous, L., & Dahanukar, N. (2022). Contracaecum nematode parasites in hillstream loaches of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Fish Diseases, 00, 1–10.

9. Pise, M., Gosavi, S. M., Gorule, P. A., Verma, C. R., Kharat, S. S., Kalous, L., & KUMKAR, P. (2022). Osteological description of Indian lepidophagous catfish Pachypterus khavalchor (Siluriformes: Horabagridae) from the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 71(22021), 22021-1.

10. KUMKAR, P., Pise, M., Verma, C. R., Khare, T., Petrtýl, M., & Kalous, L. (2022). Micro-contaminant, but immense impact: Source and influence of diethyl phthalate plasticizer on bottom-dwelling fishes. Chemosphere, 306, 135563.

11. KUMKAR P, Pise M, Gorule PA, Verma CR, Kalous L (2021) Two new species of the hillstream loach genus Indoreonectes from the northern Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 517-533

12. KUMKAR, P., Gosavi, S. M., Verma, C. R., Pise, M. & Kalous, M. (2021) Big eyes can't see microplastics: Feeding selectivity and eco-morphological adaptations in oral cavity affect microplastic uptake in mud-dwelling amphibious mudskipper fish, Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 147445.

13. Tapkir, S. D., KUMKAR, P., Gosavi, S. M., Kharat, S. S., Patoka, J. & Kalous, L. (2021) Far from home: Tracking the global ornamental fish trade in endangered zebra loach, Botia striata, from freshwater ecoregion and biodiversity hotspot in India. Journal for Nature Conservation, 61 (2021) 126007.

14. Verma, C. R., KUMKAR, P., Gosavi S. M. & Kalous, L. (2021) Nothing in excess is good: Double pelvic fin malformation in the wild‐caught hill stream loach, Indoreonectes evezardi (Day, 1872) from biodiversity hotspot of India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 37(2), 326-330.

15. Katwate, U., KUMKAR, P., Raghavan, R., & Dahanukar, N. (2020). Taxonomy and systematics of the 'Maharaja Barbs' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 4803(3), 544–560.

16. Gosavi, S. M., Kharat, S. S., Tapkir, S. D. & KUMKAR, P. (2020) The Reproductive Biology of Pachypterus khavalchor (Kulkarni, 1952) in the Panchaganga River of the Western Ghats, a Biodiversity Hotspot in India. Asian fisheries science, 33 (2020), 79–90.

17. Verma, C. R., Gorule, P. A., KUMKAR, P., Kharat, S. S., & Gosavi, S. M. (2020). Morpho-histochemical adaptations of the digestive tract in Gangetic mud-eel Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton 1822) support utilization of mud-dwelling prey. Acta Histochemica, 122(7), 151602.

18. Gosavi, S. M., Tapkir, S. D., KUMKAR, P., Verma, C.R. & Kharat, S. S. (2020) Act now before it’s too late: Copper exposure drives chemo-ecology of predator-prey dynamics of freshwater common spiny loach, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846). Environmental Research, 186, 109509. 

19. Verma, C.R.*, KUMKAR, P.*, Raghavan, R., Katwate, U., Paingankar, M.S. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Glass in the water: molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Indian glassy perchlets (Teleostei: Ambassidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57 (3), 623-631. 

20. Gosavi, S. M., Verma, C.R., Kharat, S. S., Pise, M., & KUMKAR, P. (2019) Structural adequacy of the digestive tract supports dual feeding habit in catfish Pachypterus khavalchor (Siluriformes: Horabagridae). Acta Histochemica, 121 (4), 437-449. 

21. Gosavi, S. M., Kharat, S. S., KUMKAR, P., & Tapkir, S. D. (2019) Assessing the sustainability of lepidophagous catfish, Pachypterus khavalchor (Kulkarni, 1952) from a tropical river Panchaganga, Maharashtra, India. The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 80 (1), 9.

22. Tapkir, S. D., Gosavi, S. M., Kharat, S. S. & KUMKAR, P.(2018) Impact, recovery and carryover effect of Roundup® on native and non-native predator recognition in common spiny loach, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis. Ecotoxicology, 28, 189-200.

23. Pise, M., Gorule, P.A., Kharat, S., Verma, C., KUMKAR, P., Gosavi, S.M.(2018) Length‐weight relationships of four freshwater fishes from northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34(6).

24. Keskar, A., Raghavan, R., Paingankar, M.S., KUMKAR, P., Katwate, A., Jadhav, S., Padhye, A., Dahanukar, N.(2018). Molecular phylogeny unveils hidden diversity of hillstream loaches (Cypriniformes: Cobitoidea) in the northern Western Ghats of India. Meta Gene, 17, 237-248.

25. Katwate U., KUMKAR P., Raghavan R., & Dahanukar N. (2018). A new syntopic species of small barb from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4434(3), 529–546.

26. Gosavi, S. M., Kharat, S. S., KUMKAR, P., & Navarange, S. S. (2018). Interplay between behavior, morphology and physiology supports lepidophagy in the catfish Pachypterus khavalchor (Siluriformes: Horabagridae). Zoology, 126, 185-191.

27. Katwate, U., KUMKAR, P., Britz, R., Raghavan, R., & Dahanukar, N. (2018). The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt. Zootaxa, 4382(1), 159-174.

28. Tapkir, S. D., Kharat, S. S., KUMKAR, P., & Gosavi, S. M. (2017). Effects of the invasive Tilapia on the Common Spiny Loach (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae: Lepidocephalichthys thermalis)-implications for conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9(9), 10642-10648.

29. KUMKAR, P., Kharat, S. S., Sawant, N. S., Katwate, U., & Dahanukar, N. (2017). Freshwater fish fauna of Hiranyakeshi River, the northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9(5), 10178-10186.

30. Keskar, A., Raghavan, R., KUMKAR, P., Padhye, A., & Dahanukar, N. (2017). Assessing the sustainability of subsistence fisheries of small indigenous fish species: fishing mortality and exploitation of hill stream loaches in India. Aquatic Living Resources, 30, 13.

31. KUMKAR, P., Katwate, U., Raghavan, R., & Dahanukar, N. (2016). Balitora chipkali, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the northern Western Ghats of India, with a note on the distribution of B. laticauda. Zootaxa, 4138(1), 155-170.

32. Katwate, U., Jadhav, S., KUMKAR, P., Raghavan, R., & Dahanukar, N. (2016). Pethia sanjaymoluri, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of fish biology, 88(5), 2027-2050.

33. Keskar, A., KUMKAR, P., Paingankar, M. S., Padhye, A., & Dahanukar, N. (2015). Length-weight and length-length relationships of seven loach species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from five localities in northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7(15), 8025-8220.

34. Keskar, A., KUMKAR, P., Katwate, U., Ali, A., Raghavan, R., & Dahanukar, N. (2015). Redescription of Nemachilichthys rueppelli, a senior synonym of N. shimogensis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4059(3), 555-568.

35. Dahanukar, N., KUMKAR, P., Katwate, U., & Raghavan, R. (2015). Badis britzi, a new percomorph fish (Teleostei: Badidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 3941(3), 429-436. 

Poster Presented

• National Conference

1. Verma, C., KUMKAR, P., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Osteological diversification in the freshwater fish family Danionidae. In Book of abstracts,  Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 62.

2. KUMKAR, P., Verma, C., Paingankar, M., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Genetic barcode library for freshwater fishes of Maharashtra state. In Book of abstracts,  Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 63.

3. Pise, M., Verma, C., KUMKAR, P. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Evolution of adhesive structure in altitudinal migrant loach Indoreonectes evezardi (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). In Book of abstracts,  Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 79. 

4. Kumkar P., Keskar, A., Padhye, A.D. & Dahanukar, N. (2014). Diversity and distribution of hillstream loaches (Teleostei: Balitoridae, Nemacheilidae) in the northern western ghats of india In Book of Abstracts, Third Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2014), School of Public Health SRM University, Chennai, 18-20 December 2014, Pp. 94.

5. Gosavi S.M., Pise, M.D., Kumkar, P. & Kharat, S.S. (2018) Assessing the sustainability of data-deficient lepidophagous catfish and its implications for conservation. In Book of Abstracts, International Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2018), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, 4-6 October 2018, Pp. 476.

News Article

• Badis britzi, spiny rayed fish discovered by team of scientists in Western Ghats

• New wonders in rivers of Western Ghats, Banglore Mirror 2018

• Unique snake-like fish may go extinct in Western Ghats, Pune Mirror 2019

• 148 zebra loaches exported per day from Western Ghats to feed global pet trade, Mongabay 2021

• India Exported 148 Zebra Loaches, An Endangered Species, Per Day in 2012-2017, Science THE WIRE