Kantaka barb

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shaji, C.P. |date=2011 |title=Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis |volume=2011 |page=e.T172452A6894983 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172452A6894983.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| image = Scaphiodon_brevidorsalis_Achilles_133.jpg

| taxon = Kantaka brevidorsalis

| parent_authority = Hora, 1942{{Cof family|family=Barbinae|access-date=12 December 2024}}

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (F. Day, 1873){{Cof genus|genus=Kantaka|access-date=12 December 2024}}

| synonyms = {{Specieslist

| Semiplotus brevidorsalis | Day, 1873

| Cyprinion brevidorsalis | (Day, 1873)

| Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis | (Day, 1873)

| Osteochilus brevidorsalis | (Day, 1873)

| Scaphiodon brevidorsalis | (Day, 1873)

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The Kantaka barb (Kantaka brevidorsalis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Western Ghats, India.{{FishBase |genus= Osteochilichthys |species= brevidorsalis |month=November |year=2014}}{{Cof genus |genus=Kantaka |access-date=19 March 2025}} It inhabits large streams, and grows to {{cvt|15.0|cm}} TL.