Betadevario ramachandrani Pramod, Fang, Rema Devi, Liao, Indra, Jameela Beevi & Kullander 2010

For field identification purposes, it is easily distinguished from all species of Devario by its color pattern including a wide light horizontal band along the middle of the side bordering a wide dark lateral band along the abdominal side, and the long rostral and maxillary barbels (Ref. 84468).Description: Dorsal fin ii.7½, ii.8½; anal fin iii.11½ , iii.12½; pectoral fin rays i.12, i.13; pelvic fin i.6, i.7 (Ref. 84468).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analsoft rays: 14 - 15; Vertebrae: 35 - 36

Occurs in a small, high-altitude stream with a cascade and riffle-pool habitat and with width of 2.27 m and at depth at most about 30 cm (Ref. 84468).