List of fresh water fishes of Maharashtra
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The Fresh water fish resource of Maharashtra constitutes 6 orders 25 families and 160 species. There are many species like Oriochromis, Grass carp, common carp, silver carp, etc. that have been introduced in the inland water of Maharashtra. The entire region comes under 4 basins viz. Narmada, Tapti, Godavari and Krishna. The following list is arranged taxonomically; the distribution given by many sources given in the reference section.
Order 1: Osteoglossiformes[]
Family 1: notopteridae[]
1) Notopterus notopterus
2) Notopterus chitala
Order 2: Anguilliformes[]
Family 2: anguillidae (freshwater eels)[]
3 Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis
Order 3: Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows)[]
Family 3: cyprinidae[]
SUB - FAMILY: CYPRININAE (Barbs)
4 Catla catla
5 Cirrhinus cirrhosus
6. Cirrhinus fulungee
7. Cirrhinus macrops
8.
9. Cirrhinus reba
10. Ctenopharyngodon idellus
11. Cyprinus carpio
12.
13.
14.
15. Labeo ariza
16. Labeo bata
17. Labeo boga
18. Labeo boggut
19. Labeo calbasu
20. Labeo fimbriatus
21. Labeo gonius
22. Labeo kawrus
23. Labeo pangusia
24. Labeo porcellus
25. Labeo potail
26. Labeo rohita
27.
28. Neolissochilus wynaadensis
30. Osteobrama cotio cunma
31. Osteobrama cotio peninsularis
32.
35.
36.
37.
38. Puntius amphibius
39. Puntius chola
40.
41. Puntius deccanensis
42. Puntius dorsalis
43. Puntius fraseri
44.
45. Puntius sahyadriensis
46.
47.
48. Puntius sophore
49. Puntius ticto
50. Rohtee ogilbii
51.
53. Tor khudree
54.
55. Tor tor
SUB-FAMILY: CULTRINAE
56. Chela cachius
57.
58. Salmostoma acinaces
60. Salmostoma boopis
61.
62. Salmostoma horai
63.
64. Salmostoma novacula
65. Salmostoma phulo
Subfamily: LEUCISCINAE
66. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
SUBFAMILY: RASBORINAE
69. Barilius evezardi
71.
72.
73. Danio aequipinnatus
74. Danio devario
75.
76. Danio malabaricus
77. Danio rerio
78. Esomus barbatus
79. Esomus danricus
81. Amblypharyngodon mola
82.
Subfamily: Garrinae
83.
84. Garra bicornuta
85. Garra gotyla gotyla
86.
87. Garra mullya
88.
Family 4: parapsilorhynchidae[]
89. Parapsilorhynchus tentaculatus
91. Parapsilorhynchus discophorus
Family 5: balitoridae (loaches)[]
SUBFAMILY: BALITORINAE (HILLSTREAM LOACHES)
92.
SUB FAMILY: NEMACHEILINAE
93.
94.
95.
98.
99.
100. Acanthocobitis rubidipinnis
101. Balitora mysorensis
103. Longischistura striata
Family 6: cobitidae (loaches)[]
SUBFAMILY: COBITINAE
104.
105.
SUBFAMILY: BOTIINAE
106. Botia striata
Order 4 – Siluriformes (Catfishes)[]
Family 7: siluridae[]
107.
108.
109. Wallago attu
110.
Family 8: bagridae (Bagrid Catfishes)[]
111.
112. Mystus cavasius
113. Mystus gulio
114.
115.
116.
117.
118. Mystus vittatus
119. Rita kuturnee
120.
121. Rita rita
122. Rita gogra
123.
124. Sperata aor
Family 9: schilbeidae[]
SUBFAMILY: SCHILBEINAE
125.
126. Silonia childreni
127.
128. Eutropiichthys vacha
129.
Family 10: amblycipitidae[]
130.
Family 11: sisoridae[]
131. Bagarius bagarius
132. Bagarius yarrelli
133.
134.
135.
136.
137.
Family 12: clariidae[]
138. Clarias batrachus
Family 13: heteropneustidae[]
Order 5: cyprinodontiformes[]
Family 14: poeciliidae (livebearers)[]
140. Gambusia affinis
141.
Family 15: aplocheilidae[]
142. Aplocheilus lineatus
143. Aplocheilus panchax
Family 16: belonidae (garfishes)[]
144. Xenentodon cancila
Order 6 - Perciformes[]
Family 17: ambassidae (Glass Fishes)[]
145. Chanda nama
146.
Family 18: nandidae[]
SUB FAMILY - NANDINAE
147. Nandus nandus
Family 19: cichlidae[]
148. Oreochromis mossambicus
149. Etroplus maculatus
Family 20: mugilidae[]
150. Rhinomugil corsula
Family 21: mastacembelidae (Spiny Eeels)[]
151. Macrognathus aral
153. Mastacembelus armatus
Family 22: gobiidae (Gobies)[]
SUB FAMILY- GOBIINAE
154. Glossogobius giuris
Family 23: anabantidae[]
155. Anabas testudineus
Family 24: belontiidae (gouramies)[]
SUBFAMILY: MACROPODINAE
156.
Family 25: channidae (Snakeheads, Murrels)[]
157. Channa marulius
158. Channa orientalis
159.
160. Channa striatus
See also[]
- List of fishes of Pune district
- List of fish in India
References[]
Sakhare, V.B. 2006. Ecology of Lakes and Reservoirs, Daya Publishing House, Delhi
Sakhare, V.B. 2007. Reservoir Fisheries and Limnology, Narendra Publishing House, Delhi
Sakhare, V.B. 2007. Applied Fisheries,Daya Publishing House, Delhi
Heda N. (2007): Some Studies on Ecology and Diversity of Fresh Water Fishes in the Two Rivers of Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra (India). A Thesis submitted to Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University, Maharashtra (India).
Talwar P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries (Vol. I & II). Oxford & IBH Pub. New Delhi. Pp 1097.
Jayaram K. C. 1981. The Freshwater Fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka - A Handbook. The Director, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. Pp xxii + 475.
Jayaram K. C. 2002. Fundamentals of Fish taxonomy. Narendra publishing house, New Delhi. Pp 174.
Jayaram K.C. 1999. The fresh water fishes of the Indian region. Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp 551.
Day F. 1878. The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma and Ceylon. Text and Atlas in 4 Parts. London, pp xx + 778+195.
Daniels R. 2002. Fresh water fishes of Peninsular India. University press. Pp 282.
Datta M.J.S. and M.P. Shrivastva. 1988. Natural history of fishes and systematics of Fresh water Fishes of India. Narendra Publishing house, Delhi. Pp 403.
- FishBase http://www.fishbase.org
- Fish of India
- Maharashtra-related lists
- Lists of fishes
- Fauna of Maharashtra