| Puntius nelsoni, Systomus chryseus and S. rufus (cypriniformes: cyprinidae), three new fish species from Kerala, India M Plamoottil International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 1 (6), 135-145, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) a new fish species from Kerala, India M Plamoottil, NP Abraham J Res in Biol 3 (7), 1093-1104, 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| MACROGNATHUS ALBUS (ORDER: SYNBRANCHIFORMES; FAMILY: MASTACEMBELIDAE), A NEW FISH SPECIES FROM KERALA, INDIA M Plamoottil, NP Abraham International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 100-105, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| Puntius dolichopterus, a new fish species (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Kerala, India M Plamoottil International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 3 (3), 226-231, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
| Puntius euspilurus, a new fish species (cypriniformes: cyprinidae) from Kerala, India M Plamoottil International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 4 (9), 1-6, 2016 | 12 | 2016 |
| Rediscovery of Mastacembelus malabaricus after one and Half Century M Plamoottil, NP Abraham Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, 6-11, 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
| Puntius kyphus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): a new fish species from Kerala, India. M Plamoottil Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 22 (2), 713-718, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| MYSTUS KERALAI (SILURIFORMES: BAGRIDAE), A NEW FISH SPECIES FROM KERALA, INDIA M Plamoottil, NP Abraham. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology, 231-240,, 2014 | 9 | 2014 |
| Mystus menoni, a new fish species from Kerala, India M Plamoottil, NP Abraham International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 7 (4), 315-325, 2013 | 9 | 2013 |
| Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India M Plamoottil, NP Abraham biosystematica 7 (1), 43-58, 2018 | 8* | 2018 |
| Rediscovery of Leuciscus stigma Valenciennes from Kerala, India. M Plamoottil Journal of Applied Zoological Researches 29 (1), 73-77, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Puntius nigronotus a new fish spcies from Kerala, India M Plamoottil, NP Abraham Journal of research in Biology, 1581- 1588, 2014 | 8 | 2014 |
| HORABAGRUS MELANOSOMA, A NEW FISH SPECIES (ACTINOPTERYGII: SILURIFORMES) FROM KERALA, INDIA M Plamoottil, NP Abraham Indian Journal of Applied and Pure Biology, 280-288, 2013 | 8 | 2013 |
| Rediscovery and redescription of Mystus armatus Day M Plamoottil, NP Abraham International Journal of Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture 14 (1), 18-21, 2013 | 7 | 2013 |
| Rediscovery of Capoeta ambhibia after one and a half century M Plamoottil Proc. National Seminar ‘Emerging challenges in Biodiversity conservation …, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
| MACROGNATHUS FASCIATUS (SYNBRANCHIFORMES; MASTACEMBELIDAE) - A NEW FISH SPECIES FROM KERALA, INDIA M Plamoottil, NP Abraham Journal of Experimental Zoology India 17 (1), 49-55, 2013 | 6 | 2013 |
| Taxonomic Notes on Puntius dorsalis Jerdon (1849) M Plamoottil University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi Univeristy, Bengladesh 37, 43-47, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Taxonomic notes on Puntius chola (Hamilton, 1822). M Plamoottil, M Debargya Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 23 (1), 47-51, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Systematic Accounts on Percoid Fishes of Manimala River of Travancore M Plamoottil International Journal of Research in Environmental Science, 12-23, 2016 | 5 | 2016 |
| Rediscovery of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae) after one and a half century M Plamoottil, NP Abraham Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fisheries Science 7 (7), 1-5, 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
