Table 1. A consolidated list of the fishes of Chennai
|
Family /
Scientific name |
|
Notopteridae |
|
1. Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) |
|
Anguillidae |
|
2. Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831)* |
|
3. Anguilla bicolor McClelland
1844 |
|
Cyprinidae |
|
4. Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker 1854) |
|
5. Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) |
|
6. Chela cachius (Hamilton 1822) |
|
7. Cirrhinus cirrhosus
(Bloch, 1795) |
|
8. Cirrhinus reba
(Hamilton 1822)* |
|
9. Ctenopharyngodon idellus (Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844) |
|
10. Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758 |
|
11. Esomus barbatus (Jerdon 1849) |
|
12. Esomus danricus (Hamilton 1822) |
|
13. Esomus thermoicos (Hamilton 1822) |
|
14. Gibelion catla (Hamilton 1822) |
|
15. Horadandia atukorali Deraniyagala 1943 |
|
16. Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson 1845) |
|
17. Labeo calbasu (Hamilton 1822) |
|
18. Labeo rohita (Hamilton 1822) |
|
19. Laubuca laubuca (Hamilton 1822) |
|
20. Osteobrama cotio
peninsularis (Silas
1952) |
|
21. Parluciosoma daniconius (Hamilton
1822) |
|
22. Puntius amphibius
(Valenciennes 1842)* |
|
23. Puntius chola (Hamilton 1822) |
|
24. Puntius conchonius (Hamilton 1822) |
|
25. Puntius dorsalis (Jerdon 1849) |
|
26. Puntius filamentosus (Valenciennes 1844) |
|
27. Puntius gelius (Hamilton 1822) |
|
28. Puntius mahecola
(Valenciennes 1844) |
|
29. Puntius orphoides (Valenciennes 1842) |
|
30. Puntius sarana
subnasutus (Valenciennes 1842) |
|
31. Puntius sharmai Menon & Rema
Devi 1993 |
|
32. Puntius sophore (Hamilton 1822) |
|
33. Puntius ticto (Hamilton 1822) |
|
34. Puntius vittatus (Day 1865) |
|
35. Rasbora caverii (Jerdon 1849) |
|
36. Salmophasia acinaces (Valenciennes 1844)* |
|
37. Salmophasia bacaila
(Hamilton 1822) |
|
38. Salmophasia clupeoides (Bloch 1795) |
|
Cobitidae |
|
39. Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton 1822) |
|
40. Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) |
|
Bagridae |
|
41. Sperata aor
(Hamilton 1822)* |
|
42. Mystus bleekeri (Day 1877) |
|
43. Mystus cavasius (Hamilton 1822) |
|
44. Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) |
|
45. Mystus keletius
(Valenciennes 1840) |
|
46. Mystus vittatus (Bloch 1794) |
|
Siluridae |
|
47. Neotropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) |
|
48. Ompok bimaculatus
(Bloch 1794)* |
|
49. Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) |
|
Pangasiidae |
|
50. Pangasius pangasius
(Hamilton 1822) |
|
Clariidae |
|
51. Clarias magur
(Hamilton 1822)* |
|
52. Clarias gariepinus
(Burchell 1822) |
|
Heteropneustidae |
|
53. Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) |
|
Loricariidae |
|
54. Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber
1991) |
|
55. Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau 1855) |
|
Adrianichthyidae |
|
56. Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) |
|
Belonidae |
|
57. Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton 1822) |
|
Aplocheilidae |
|
58. Aplocheilus parvus (Sundara Raj 1916) |
|
Poecilidae |
|
59. Gambusia affinis
(Baird & Girard 1853) |
|
Mastacembelidae |
|
60. Macrognathus aral (Bloch &
Schneider 1801) |
|
61. Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton 1822 |
|
62. Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede 1800) |
|
Chandidae |
|
63. Chanda nama Hamilton 1822 |
|
64. Parambassis lala (Hamilton 1822) |
|
65. Parambassis ranga (Hamilton 1822) |
|
Nandidae |
|
66. Badis badis (Hamilton 1822) |
|
67. Nandus nandus
(Hamilton 1822)* |
|
Cichlidae |
|
68. Amphilophus trimaculatum
(Gunther 1867) |
|
69. Etroplus maculatus (Bloch 1795) |
|
70. Etroplus suratensis
(Bloch 1790) |
|
71. Hemichromis bimaculatus Gill 1862 |
|
72. Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner 1864) |
|
73. Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) |
|
74. Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) |
|
Gobiidae |
|
75. Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822) |
|
Anabantidae |
|
76. Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) |
|
Belontiidae |
|
77. Colissa lalia
(Hamilton 1822) |
|
78. Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier 1831) |
|
79. Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas
1770) |
|
Osphronemidae |
|
80. Osphronemus gourami (Lacepde 1801) |
|
Channidae |
|
81. Channa gachua (Hamilton 1822) |
|
82. Channa punctatus (Bloch 1793) |
|
83. Channa striatus (Bloch 1793) |
*
- Species included only on basis of previous surveys