Anoop VK published the first paper from his PhD thesis in Zootaxa discussing the taxonomic identity of three species of zodiac loaches.

VK Anoop, N Dahanukar, A Ali & R Raghavan (2017) Taxonomy of the zodiac loaches, Mesonoemacheilus triangularis, M. tambaraparniensis and M. periyarensis endemic to the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4341 (1): 124–134.