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
[edit]Family 1: notopteridae
[edit]1) Notopterus notopterus
2) Notopterus chitala
Order 2: Anguilliformes
[edit]Family 2: anguillidae (freshwater eels)
[edit]3 Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis
Order 3: Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows)
[edit]Family 3: cyprinidae
[edit]SUB - FAMILY: CYPRININAE (Barbs)
11. Cyprinus carpio
13. Gonoproktopterus lithopidos
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. Labeo sindensis
28. Neolissochilus wynaadensis
31. Osteobrama cotio peninsularis
32. Osteobrama dayi
35. Osteochilus (Osteochilichthys) godavariensis
36. Osteochilus (Osteochilichthys) nashii
37. Osteochilus (Osteochilichthys) thomassi
39. Puntius chola
42. Puntius dorsalis
43. Puntius fraseri
44. Puntius jerdoni
48. Puntius sophore
49. Puntius ticto
50. Rohtee ogilbii
51. Schismatorhynchos (Nukta) nukta
53. Tor khudree
54. Tor mussulah
55. Tor tor
SUB-FAMILY: CULTRINAE
56. Chela cachius
57. Chela laubuca
62. Salmostoma horai
65. Salmostoma phulo
Subfamily: LEUCISCINAE
66. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
SUBFAMILY: RASBORINAE
74. Danio devario
75. Danio fraseri
77. Danio rerio
78. Esomus barbatus
79. Esomus danricus
Subfamily: Garrinae
83. Crossocheilus latius latius
84. Garra bicornuta
86. Garra gotyla stenorhynchus
87. Garra mullya
88. Barbodes sarana
Family 4: parapsilorhynchidae
[edit]89. Parapsilorhynchus tentaculatus
91. Parapsilorhynchus discophorus
Family 5: balitoridae (loaches)
[edit]SUBFAMILY: BALITORINAE (HILLSTREAM LOACHES)
92. Bhavania australis (Jerdon)
SUB FAMILY: NEMACHEILINAE
94. Nemacheilus denisoni denisoni
100. Acanthocobitis rubidipinnis
101. Balitora mysorensis
Family 6: cobitidae (loaches)
[edit]SUBFAMILY: COBITINAE
SUBFAMILY: BOTIINAE
106. Botia striata
Order 4 – Siluriformes (Catfishes)
[edit]Family 7: siluridae
[edit]107. Ompobimaculatus
108. Ompok pabo
109. Wallago attu
110. Ompok pabda
Family 8: bagridae (Bagrid Catfishes)
[edit]111. Mystus bleekeri
112. Mystus cavasius
113. Mystus gulio
114. Mystus krishnensis
115. Mystus malabaricus
116. Mystus menoda
117. Mystus montanus
118. Mystus vittatus
119. Rita kuturnee
120. Rita pavimentata
121. Rita rita
122. Rita gogra
123. Aorichthys seenghala
124. Sperata aor
Family 9: schilbeidae
[edit]SUBFAMILY: SCHILBEINAE
125. Proeutropiichthys taakree taakree
126. Silonia childreni
127. Eutropiichthys goongwaree
128. Eutropiichthys vacha
Family 10: amblycipitidae
[edit]130. Amblyceps mangois
Family 11: sisoridae
[edit]131. Bagarius bagarius
132. Bagarius yarrelli
133. Glyptothorax conirostre poonensis
134. Glyptothorax lonah
135. Glyptothorax madraspatanum
137. Nangra itchkeea
Family 12: clariidae
[edit]138. Clarias batrachus
Family 13: heteropneustidae
[edit]Order 5: cyprinodontiformes
[edit]Family 14: poeciliidae (livebearers)
[edit]140. Gambusia affinis
141. Poecilia (Labistes) reticulata
Family 15: aplocheilidae
[edit]142. Aplocheilus lineatus
143. Aplocheilus panchax
Family 16: belonidae (garfishes)
[edit]144. Xenentodon cancila
Order 6 - Perciformes
[edit]Family 17: ambassidae (Glass Fishes)
[edit]145. Chanda nama
146. Pseudambassius ranga
Family 18: nandidae
[edit]SUB FAMILY - NANDINAE
147. Nandus nandus
Family 19: cichlidae
[edit]149. Etroplus maculatus
Family 20: mugilidae
[edit]150. Rhinomugil corsula
Family 21: mastacembelidae (Spiny Eeels)
[edit]151. Macrognathus aral
Family 22: gobiidae (Gobies)
[edit]SUB FAMILY- GOBIINAE
154. Glossogobius giuris
Family 23: anabantidae
[edit]155. Anabas testudineus
Family 24: belontiidae (gouramies)
[edit]SUBFAMILY: MACROPODINAE
156. Macropodus cupanus
Family 25: channidae (Snakeheads, Murrels)
[edit]157. Channa marulius
158. Channa orientalis
159. Channa punctatus
160. Channa striatus
See also
[edit]References
[edit]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.
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