Table
1. List of freshwater fishes collected from the rivers of Ernakulam District, Kerala.
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Abundance
in rivers |
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CHA |
MUV |
PER |
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Family
Cyprinidae |
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1# |
Amblypharyngodon melletinus (Valenciennes) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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2# |
Barilius bakeri Day |
** |
** |
** |
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3 |
Barilius canarensis (Jerdon) |
* |
** |
** |
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4# |
Barilius gatensis (Valenciennes) |
0 |
** |
** |
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5# |
Chela dadiburjori (Menon) |
** |
** |
** |
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6# |
Chela fasciata Silas |
** |
** |
** |
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7# |
Danio aequipinnatus (Mc Clelland
) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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8 |
Danio fraseri (Hora and Mukerji) |
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* |
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9 |
Danio malabaricus (Jerdon) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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10 |
Esomus malabaricus Day |
0 |
* |
0 |
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11 |
Garra gotyla stenorhynchus (Jerdon) |
0 |
* |
* |
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12 |
Garra mullya (Sykes) |
** |
** |
** |
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13# |
Gonoproktopterus curmuca(Hamilton-Buchanan) |
** |
** |
** |
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14# |
Gonoproktopterus thomassi (Day) |
** |
0 |
** |
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15# |
Horadandia attukorali Deraniyagala |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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16# |
Parluciosoma daniconius (Hamilton-Buchanan) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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17 |
Puntius amphibius (Valenciennes) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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18 |
Puntius chola
(Hamilton-Buchanan) |
** |
** |
** |
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19 |
Puntius crescentus Yazdani
& Singh |
*** |
*** |
0 |
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20 |
Puntius denisonii (Day) |
0 |
0 |
** |
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21# |
Puntius fasciatus (Jerdon) |
** |
** |
** |
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22# |
Puntius filamentosus (Valenciennes) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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23 |
Puntius melanostigma (Day) |
0 |
** |
** |
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24 |
Puntius muvattupuzhaensis Jameela |
0 |
** |
** |
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Beevi & Ramachandran |
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25 |
Puntius parrah Day |
** |
** |
** |
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26 |
Puntius punctatus Day |
** |
** |
** |
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27# |
Puntius sarana sarana
(Hamilton-Buchanan) |
** |
** |
** |
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28 |
Puntius sarana subnasutus (Valenciennes) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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29# |
Puntius vittatus Day |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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30 |
Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes) |
** |
** |
** |
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31 |
Salmostoma boopis (Day) |
** |
** |
** |
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Family
Balitoridae |
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32# |
Mesonemacheilus triangularis Day |
** |
0 |
0 |
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Family
Cobitidae |
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33# |
Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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Family
Bagridae |
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34# |
Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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35 |
Mystus armatus (Day) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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36# |
Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon) |
** |
** |
** |
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37# |
Mystus montanus (Jerdon) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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38 |
Mystus vittatus (Bloch) |
** |
** |
** |
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Family
Siluridae |
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39# |
Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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40 |
Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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41# |
Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider) |
* |
0 |
0 |
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Family
Heteropneustidae |
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42# |
Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch) |
** |
* |
* |
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Family
Hemirhampidae |
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43 |
Hyporhampus limbatus (Valenciennes) |
** |
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*** |
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44 |
Hyporhampus xanthopterus (Valenciennes) |
** |
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** |
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Family
Belonidae |
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45 |
Xenetodon cancila (Hamilton-Buchanan) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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46 |
Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt) |
0 |
0 |
* |
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Family
Aplocheilidae |
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47# |
Aplocheilus blocki (Arnold) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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48# |
Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes)
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**** |
**** |
**** |
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49# |
Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton & Buchanan) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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Family
Chandidae (Ambassidae) |
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50 |
Chanda nama Hamilton & Buchanan |
** |
** |
** |
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51# |
Parambassis dayi (Bleeker) |
** |
** |
** |
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52# |
Parambassis thomassi (Day) |
** |
** |
** |
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Family
Nandidae |
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53 |
Nandus nandus (Hamilton & Buchanan) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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Family
Cichlidae |
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54# |
Etroplus maculatus (Bloch) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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55# |
Etroplus suratensis (Bloch) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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Family
Belontidae |
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56# |
Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Valenciennes) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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57# |
Pseudosphromenus dayi Engmann |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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Family
Anabantidae |
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58# |
Anabas
testudineus (Bloch) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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Family
Gobiidae |
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59 |
Awaous stamineus (Valenciennes) |
** |
** |
* |
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60 |
Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton-Buchanan) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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Family
Channidae |
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61# |
Channa gachua (Hamilton & Buchanan) |
** |
** |
** |
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62 |
Channa marulius(Hamilton-Buchanan) |
** |
** |
** |
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63# |
Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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64 |
Channa striatus (Bloch) |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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Family
Synbranchidae |
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65 |
Ophisternon bengalense Mc Clelland |
0 |
* |
* |
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Family
Mastacembelidae |
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66# |
Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede) |
** |
** |
** |
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67 |
Mastacembelus guentheri (Day) |
** |
** |
** |
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Family
Clupeidae |
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68 |
Dayella malabarica (Day) |
0 |
0 |
* |
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Family
Tetraodontidae |
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69# |
Tetraodon travancoricus Hora and
Nair |
**** |
**** |
**** |
CHA - Chalakkudy River; MUV - Muvattupuzha
River; PER - Periyar River; **** - Very common; *** -
Common; ** - Rare; * - Very rare; #
- in heavy trade