Neelesh Dahanukar

About Neelesh Dahanukar

Neelesh Dahanukar, With an exceptional h-index of 28 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, specializes in the field of Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogeography, Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Game Theory.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The loach genus Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) in Sri Lanka and peninsular India: multiple colonizations and unexpected species diversity

Complete mitogenome of Lepidopygopsis typus, an evolutionarily-distinct, endangered cyprinid fish from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot: phylogenetic relationships and …

Biogeography and evolutionary history of Puntius sensu lato (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

The world’s largest cave fish from Meghalaya, Northeast India, is a new species, Neolissochilus pnar (Cyprinidae, Torinae)

Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis

Sniffer beetles: Odor imaging reveals congeneric herbivores identify their congeneric hostplants based on differential olfactory perceptions

Beyond waterfalls and dams: Riverscape genetics of two endemic mountain loaches in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India

Neelesh Dahanukar Information

University

Position

(IISER) Pune

Citations(all)

3233

Citations(since 2020)

1734

Cited By

2069

hIndex(all)

28

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

92

i10Index(since 2020)

56

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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

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Neelesh Dahanukar Skills & Research Interests

Molecular Phylogeny

Phylogeography

Conservation Biology

Evolutionary Game Theory

Top articles of Neelesh Dahanukar

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The loach genus Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) in Sri Lanka and peninsular India: multiple colonizations and unexpected species diversity

Hydrobiologia

Hiranya Sudasinghe

Neelesh Dahanukar

Rajeev Raghavan

Tharindu Ranasinghe

Kumudu Wijesooriya

...

2024

Complete mitogenome of Lepidopygopsis typus, an evolutionarily-distinct, endangered cyprinid fish from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot: phylogenetic relationships and …

Gene

Swetha Chandra

Ravimohanan Abhilash

Arya Sidharthan

Rajeev Raghavan

Neelesh Dahanukar

2024

Biogeography and evolutionary history of Puntius sensu lato (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

Scientific Reports

Hiranya Sudasinghe

Tharindu Ranasinghe

Neelesh Dahanukar

Rajeev Raghavan

Lukas Rüber

...

2023/10/31

The world’s largest cave fish from Meghalaya, Northeast India, is a new species, Neolissochilus pnar (Cyprinidae, Torinae)

Vertebrate Zoology

Neelesh Dahanukar

Remya L Sundar

Duwaki Rangad

Graham Proudlove

Rajeev Raghavan

2023/2/6

Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis

Vertebrate Zoology

Rajeev Raghavan

Remya L Sundar

CP Arjun

Ralf Britz

Neelesh Dahanukar

2023/1/25

Sniffer beetles: Odor imaging reveals congeneric herbivores identify their congeneric hostplants based on differential olfactory perceptions

bioRxiv

Gauri Binayak

Ashish Deshpande

Neelesh Dahanukar

Prajakta Ingale

Kesavan Subaharan

...

2023/1/6

Beyond waterfalls and dams: Riverscape genetics of two endemic mountain loaches in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

River Research and Applications

Arya Sidharthan

Neelesh Dahanukar

Remya Lathika Sundar

Kutty Ranjeet

Rajeev Raghavan

2022/1

A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India

Zootaxa

Remya L Sundar

CP Arjun

Arya Sidharthan

Neelesh Dahanukar

Rajeev Raghavan

2022/5/16

Ornamental aquaculture significantly affected by the “Czech aquarium phenomenon”

Aquaculture

Jindřich Novák

André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães

Zen Faulkes

Alberto Maceda-Veiga

Neelesh Dahanukar

...

2022/4/14

Diversity and distribution of dragon snakeheads of the family Aenigmachannidae, and the identity of Aenigmachanna mahabali

Zootaxa

Rajeev Raghavan

Neelesh Dahanukar

VK Anoop

CP Arjun

Ralf Britz

2022/3/25

Demographics and exploitation of two Near Threatened freshwater eels, Anguilla bengalensis and Anguilla bicolor, in small‐scale subsistence fisheries and …

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Ashna Shanmughan

Neelesh Dahanukar

Andrew Harrison

Adrian C Pinder

K Ranjeet

...

2022/2

Contracaecum nematode parasites in hillstream loaches of the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Fish Diseases

Chandani R Verma

Pradeep Kumkar

Tushar Khare

Manoj Pise

Lukáš Kalous

...

2022

Scyphozoan jellyfish blooms and their relationship with environmental factors along the South-eastern Arabian Sea

Marine Biology Research

Abdul Riyas

Neelesh Dahanukar

Krishnan Anoop Krishnan

Appukuttannair Biju Kumar

2021/2/7

Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography of Garra ceylonensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Hiranya Sudasinghe

Neelesh Dahanukar

Rajeev Raghavan

Tharani Senavirathna

Dipeshwari J Shewale

...

2021/4/1

Combining payment for crop damages and reward for productivity to address wildlife conflict

Conservation Biology

Poorva Joshi

Neelesh Dahanukar

Shankar Bharade

Vijay Dethe

Smita Dethe

...

2021/12

Phylogenetic position and relationships of mountain loaches (Teleostei: Balitoridae) of the Western Ghats as revealed by CO1 sequences.

Zootaxa

Arya Sidharthan

RAJEEV Raghavan

VK Anoop

ASHWINI Keskar

Neelesh Dahanukar

2021/2/4

Integrative taxonomic review of the genus Peschetius (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) from India with description of two new species

Sayali D Sheth

Hemant V Ghate

Neelesh Dahanukar

Jiří Hájek

2021/10/11

Osteology of ‘Monopterus’ roseni with the description of Rakthamichthys, new genus, and comments on the generic assignment of the Amphipnous Group species (Teleostei …

Ichthyological Explorafion of Freshwaters

Ralf Britz

Neelesh Dahanukar

Ariane Standing

Siby Philip

Biju Kumar

...

2021/1/1

Poor groundwater governance threatens ancient subterranean fishes

Rajeev Raghavan

Ralf Britz

Neelesh Dahanukar

2021/10/1

The first hygropetric species of Microdytes J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Western Ghats, India

Oriental Insects

Sayali D Sheth

Hemant V Ghate

Neelesh Dahanukar

Jiří Hájek

2021

See List of Professors in Neelesh Dahanukar University(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune)

Co-Authors

H-index: 28
Adrian C Pinder

Adrian C Pinder

Bournemouth University

H-index: 27
Heok Hui Tan

Heok Hui Tan

National University of Singapore

H-index: 23
Appukuttannair Biju Kumar

Appukuttannair Biju Kumar

University of Kerala

H-index: 17
Nameer PO, KAU

Nameer PO, KAU

Kerala Agricultural University

H-index: 12
Pradeep Kumkar

Pradeep Kumkar

Ceská zemedelská univerzita v Praze

H-index: 12
Hiranya Sudasinghe

Hiranya Sudasinghe

Universität Bern

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