• Anjalai K
• Kasturi Jayaraman

The fishes, Puntius are tropical freshwater fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae. Morphometric and meristic characters are helpful in the easy and correct identification of fish species in the laboratory as well as at natural places. This investigation aimed to study the meristic counts to find out geographical variations in the species Puntius sophore and Puntius chola collected from different localities of the Indian River system [Pennar River, Buckingham Canal, Godavari River, Cauvery River, Palar river, Krishna river, Bhima river, and the Brahmaputra]. The meristic characters of Puntius sophore and P.chola showed that there were no significant variations between the populations from the various river systems of India.

Puntius chola, Puntius sophore, Meristic characters

"Meristic counts of Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822) and Puntius chola (Hamilton, 1822) concerning geographic variations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.522-527, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905W29.pdf

"Meristic counts of Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822) and Puntius chola (Hamilton, 1822) concerning geographic variations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp522-527, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905W29.pdf