Fish MicroRNA Responses to Thermal Stress: Insights and Implications for Aquaculture and Conservation Amid Global Warming.

Authors: Lin, Ting¹ (AUTHOR), Meegaskumbura, Madhava¹ (AUTHOR) madhava_m@mac.com

Source: Animals (2076-2615). Mar2025, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p624. 19p.

Subject Terms: *NON-coding RNA, *SMALL molecules, *FISH conservation, *THERMAL stresses, *GLOBAL warming, *FISH breeding

The vulnerability of endemic vertebrates in Sri Lanka to climate change

Authors: Wijerathne, Iresha ^a, Deng, Yiming ^b, Goodale, Eben ^{c, ⁎}, Jiang, Aiwu ^{a, ⁎⁎}, Karunarathna, Suranjan ^d, Mammides, Christos ^{e, f}, Meegaskumbura, Madhava ^a, Vidanapathirana, Dulan Ranga ^g, Zhang, Zhixin ^{h, i, j}

Source: In Global Ecology and Conservation June 2025 59

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the South Asian freshwater‐fish genus Puntius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Rüber, Lukas, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Zoologica scripta. 52(6):571-587

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Climatically Specialized Lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and its Likely Asian Origins: Climatically Specialized Lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: D. Sun et al.

Authors: Sun, Dan, Ellepola, Gajaba, Herath, Jayampathi, Liu, Hong, Liu, Yewei, Murray, Kris, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: EcoHealth; Mar2025, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p91-107, 17p

Subject Terms: AMPHIBIAN declines, BIOLOGICAL extinction, BATRACHOCHYTRIUM dendrobatidis, NATIVE species, WILDLIFE diseases, AMPHIBIANS

Evolving in the darkness: Phylogenomics of Sinocyclocheilus cavefishes highlights recent diversification and cryptic diversity

Authors: Mao, Tingru, Liu, Yewei, Vasconcellos, Mariana M., Pie, Marcio R., Ellepola, Gajaba, Fu, Chenghai, Yang, Jian, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution March 2022 168

Patterns of infection, origins, and transmission of ranaviruses among the ectothermic vertebrates of Asia

Authors: Herath, Jayampathi, Ellepola, Gajaba, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Ecology and evolution. 11(22):15498-15519

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

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Raghavan, Rajeev, Senavirathna, Tharani, Shewale, Dipeshwari J, Paingankar, Mandar S, Amarasinghe, Anjalie, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Rüber, Lukas, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Biological journal of the Linnean Society. 132(4):872-893

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Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Giant Danios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Devario): Teasing apart species in a recent diversification

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution August 2020 149

A molecular phylogeny of the genus Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals multiple origins and a cryptic species

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Systematics and biodiversity. 18(6):592-613

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A molecular phylogeny of the freshwater‐fish genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals a remarkable diversification—And a cryptic species

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Ranasinghe, Ranasinghe Hettiarachchige Tharindu, Raghavan, Rajeev, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research. 58(4):1076-1110

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A review of the genus Esomus in Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters. 29(4):343-360

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Diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of Systomus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Raghavan, Rajeev, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Rüber, Lukas, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Zoologica scripta. 49(6):710-731

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Diversification of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae, Pseudophilautus) in Sri Lanka – Timing and geographic context

Authors: Meegaskumbura, Madhava, Senevirathne, Gayani, Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Hanken, James, Schneider, Christopher J.

Source: In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution March 2019 132:14-24

Integrating bioacoustics, DNA barcoding and niche modeling for frog conservation – The threatened balloon frogs of Sri Lanka

Authors: Wijayathilaka, Nayana, Senevirathne, Gayani, Bandara, Champika, Rajapakse, Sanath, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: In Global Ecology and Conservation October 2018 16

Infection sequence alters disease severity—Effects of the sequential exposure of two larval trematodes to Polypedates cruciger tadpoles

Authors: Pathirana, Nuwandi U. K., Meegaskumbura, Madhava, Rajakaruna, Rupika S.

Source: Ecology and evolution. 9(11):6220-6230

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Phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Sri Lankan killifishes (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae).

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Ranasinghe, Tharindu, Wijesooriya, Kumudu, Rüber, Lukas, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Journal of Fish Biology; Jul2024, Vol. 105 Issue 1, p340-357, 18p

Subject Terms: KILLIFISHES, CYTOCHROME b, MOLECULAR phylogeny, SEXUAL dimorphism, CYTOCHROME oxidase

Geographic Terms: SRI Lanka

Wall‐following – Phylogenetic context of an enhanced behaviour in stygomorphic Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) cavefishes.

Authors: Chen, Bing, Dai, Wen‐Zhang, Li, Xiang‐Lin, Mao, Ting‐Ru, Liu, Ye‐Wei, Pie, Marcio R., Yang, Jian, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Ecology & Evolution (20457758); Jun2024, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p1-17, 17p

Subject Terms: CYPRINIFORMES, FRESHWATER fishes, ANIMAL tracks, CYPRINIDAE, ASTYANAX, PHYLOGENY

Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae: Oryzias) in Sri Lanka

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Ranasinghe, Tharindu, Wijesooriya, Kumudu, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Rüber, Lukas, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Ecology and evolution. 12(6)

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

Authors: Sudasinghe, Hiranya, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Raghavan, Rajeev, Ranasinghe, Tharindu, Wijesooriya, Kumudu, Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Rüber, Lukas, Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Source: Hydrobiologia; Mar2024, Vol. 851 Issue 5, p1113-1133, 21p

Subject Terms: COLONIZATION (Ecology), SPECIES diversity, LOACHES, CYTOCHROME oxidase, OSTEICHTHYES

Geographic Terms: SRI Lanka, INDIA

Local Endemism within the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka Biodiversity Hotspot

Authors: Bossuyt, Franky, Meegaskumbura, Madhava, Beenaerts, Natalie, Gower, David J., Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Roelants, Kim, Mannaert, An, Wilkinson, Mark, Bahir, Mohomed M., Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum, Schneider, Christopher J., Milinkovitch, Michel C.

Source: Science, 2004 Oct . 306(5695), 479-481.

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