Freshwater Decapods of Godavari River, Bhadrachalam, Telangana Author Mandal, Sudipta Author Deepa, J. text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2021 121 1 39 45 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/130142 2581-8686 10956216 2. Caridina fernandoi Arudpragasam & Costa, 1962 ( Figure 3A ). 1984. Caridina kempi : Jalihal & Sankolli, Rec. zool. Surv. India . Occ. Paper No . 69: 13. 2019. Caridina fernandoi : Werner et al., Zoologischer Anzeiger : 16. Material examined : FBRC / ZSI /INV/1778, 2 ex. , Godavari River , intake well ITC , Iravandi , Khammam dist . Diagnosis: Rostrum formula, rostrum reaches up to the end of 2nd segment of antennal peduncle but not reaches up to the end of the antennal scale; 1st cheliped stout, palm sub equal to finger, a tuft of hair with chela, carpus with deep anterior excavation; 2ndcheliped also stout, more or less equal to 1 st cheliped, a tuft of hair with chela; Isocheim of its 5 th pereopod bears a small spine; abdomen smooth without any abdominal hump, berried females carries around 300 to 370 eggs measuring 0.6×0.4 mm; endopod of 1st pleopod of male obtusely triangular, appendix masculine 0.3 times as long as endopod; 6 pairs of movable spines, terminal pair flanking the posterior-lateral angles of telson, posterior margin ‘V’ shaped posses 7 long plumose setae; Uropods exceeding tip of the telson, suture in exopod across the middle with 15-21 movable spines. Distribution: India- Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana. Elsewhere : Sri Lanka .