Dawkinsia tambraparniei is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Tambraparni River basin in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

This species can reach a length of 12.8 centimetres (5.0 in) SL.

[2] Dawkinsia tambraparniei was originally described as the subspecies Puntius arulius tambraparniei  from the Tamiraparani River by E.G. Silas in 1953.

This species was later classified under the new genus Dawkinisia.

[3] This species population has significantly decreased in recent years due to human activities such as sand mining.