title: Dawkinsia rohani
text: # Dawkinsia rohani
  
  Dawkinsia rohani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Dawkinsia. It is endemic to the Western Ghats and inhabits the hill streams of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu draining into the Arabian Sea.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The fish is named in honor of Rohan Pethiyagoda (b. 1955), in recognition of his work on the freshwater fishes of India and Sri Lanka.
  
  