Figure
1. Indrayani River and the sampling locations.
Table
1. List of freshwater fish species recorded from Indrayani River in the present
study.
|
Family/Species
a |
Abundance
b |
Remarksc |
IUCN
redlist statusd |
|
Notopteridae |
|
|
|
|
Notopterus
notopterus (Pallas, 1769) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Cyprinidae |
|
|
|
|
Catla
catla (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
T |
|
|
Cirrhinus
fulungee (Sykes, 1839) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Cirrhinus
reba (Hamilton, 1822) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Cirrhinus
mrigala (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
T |
|
|
Cyprinus
carpio Linnaeus, 1758 |
M |
T |
|
|
Gonoproktopterus
curmuca (Hamilton, 1807)e |
A |
WGE |
EN |
|
Labeo
ariza (Hamilton, 1807) |
R |
|
LC |
|
Labeo
boggut (Sykes, 1839) |
R |
|
LC |
|
Labeo
calbasu (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Labeo
porcellus (Heckel, 1844) |
R |
WGE |
LC |
|
Labeo
rohita (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
T |
|
|
Osteobrama
cotio peninsularis Silas, 1952 |
M |
|
NE |
|
Osteobrama
neilli (Day, 1873) |
R |
WGE |
LC |
|
Osteobrama
vigorsii (Sykes, 1839) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Puntius
amphibius (Valenciennes, 1842) |
A |
|
DD |
|
Puntius
conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) |
R |
|
LC |
|
Puntius
jerdoni (Day, 1870) |
R |
WGE |
LC |
|
Puntius
sarana subnasutus (Valenciennes, 1842) |
M |
WGE |
NE |
|
Puntius
sophore (Hamilton, 1822) |
A |
|
LC |
|
Puntius
ticto (Hamilton, 1822) |
A |
|
LC |
|
Rohtee
ogilbii (Sykes, 1839) |
M |
WGE, KRE |
LC |
|
Amblypharyngodon
mola (Hamilton, 1822) |
A |
|
LC |
|
Salmophasia
balookee (Sykes, 1839) f |
M |
|
LC |
|
Salmophasia
boopis (Day, 1874) |
A |
WGE |
LC |
|
Salmophasia
novacula (Valenciennes, 1840) |
C |
WGE |
LC |
|
Devario
aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Rasbora
daniconius (Hamilton, 1822) |
A |
|
LC |
|
Crossocheilus
cf. latius (Hamilton, 1822) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Garra
mullya (Sykes, 1839) |
A |
|
LC |
|
Parapsilorhynchidae |
|
|
|
|
Parapsilorhynchus
tentaculatus (Annandale, 1919) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Balitoridae |
|
|
|
|
Acanthocobitis
mooreh (Sykes, 1839) g |
M |
|
LC |
|
Oreonectes
evezardi (Day, 1872) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Nemachilichthys
rueppelli (Sykes, 1839) g |
M |
WGE, KRE |
LC |
|
Noemacheilus
anguilla Annandale, 1919 |
M |
WGE, KRE |
LC |
|
Schistura
denisoni Day, 1867 |
C |
|
LC |
|
Cobitidae |
|
|
|
|
Lepidocephalichthys
thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846) |
A |
D |
LC |
|
Bagridae |
|
|
|
|
Mystus
bleekeri (Day, 1877) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Mystus
seengtee (Sykes, 1839) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Mystus
malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) |
M |
WGE |
NT |
|
Rita
gogra (Sykes, 1839) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Sperata
seenghala (Sykes, 1839) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Siluridae |
|
|
|
|
Ompok
bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) |
C |
|
NT |
|
Wallago
attu (Bloch
& Schneider, 1801) |
R |
|
NT |
|
Schilbeidae |
|
|
|
|
Neotropius
khavalchor Kulkarni, 1952 |
R |
KRE |
DD |
|
Sisoridae |
|
|
|
|
Glyptothorax
poonaensis Hora, 1938 |
R |
WGE, KRE |
EN |
|
Claridae |
|
|
|
|
Clarias
gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) |
M |
I |
|
|
Heteropneustidae |
|
|
|
|
Heteropneustes
fossilis (Bloch, 1794) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Belonidae |
|
|
|
|
Xenentodon
cancila (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Poeciliidae |
|
|
|
|
Poecilia
reticulata Peters, 1859 |
A |
I |
|
|
Ambassidae |
|
|
|
|
Chanda
nama Hamilton, 1822 |
C |
|
LC |
|
Parambassis
ranga (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
Oreochromis
mossambicus (Peters, 1852) |
A |
I |
|
|
Gobiidae |
|
|
|
|
Glossogobius
giuris (Hamilton, 1822) |
C |
|
NE |
|
Channidae |
|
|
|
|
Channa
marulius (Hamilton, 1822) |
M |
|
LC |
|
Channa
punctata (Bloch, 1793) |
C |
|
LC |
|
Mastecembalidae |
|
|
|
|
Mastacembelus
armatus (Lacepède, 1800) |
C |
|
LC |
a - Taxonomic
status as per Jayaram (2010);
b - Abundance
categories: A = abundant, C = common, M = moderate, R = rare;
c - WGE =
Western Ghats endemic; KRE = Krishna river system endemic; T = transplanted; I
= invasive; D = unknown disease.
d - IUCN (2011).
EN = Endangered, NT = Near Threatened, LC = Least Concern, NE = Not Evaluated,
DD = Data Deficient. Statuses for introduced/transplanted species are not
provided.
e - Gonoproktopterus
kolus is considered as synonym of G.
curmuca (Jayaram 2010). However, if they are proved to be different, then our
species should be considered as G. kolus as per
Jayaram (1991).
f -
Replacement name for Salmophasia clupoides (Kottelat
1996).
g - Species
spellings as per Eschmeyer & Fricke (2011).
Table
2. List of fishes recorded by earlier workers.
|
Study |
Species |
Current
taxonomic status |
Remarks |
|
Sykes
(1839) |
Cyprinus
nukta |
Schismatorhynchos
nukta |
Species is
locally extirpated |
|
Leuciscus
chitul |
Current
status unknown. Doubtful synonym of Amblypharyngodon
mola in Day (1878) |
Species
needs further taxonomic studies |
|
|
Suter
(1944) |
Barbus (Tor) mussullah |
Tor
mussullah |
|
|
Yazdani
& Mahabal (1976) |
Chela
cachius |
Chela
cachius |
|
|
Danio
aequipinnatus |
Devario
aequipinnatus |
|
|
|
Danio
malabaricus |
Devario
malabaricus |
|
|
|
Rasbora
daniconius |
Rasbora
daniconius |
|
|
|
Cirrihina
fulungee |
Cirrhinus
fulungee |
|
|
|
Garra
gotyla |
Garra
gotyla stenorhynchus |
Taxonomic
status based on distribution of the subspecies given in Jayaram (2010) |
|
|
Garra
mullya |
Garra
mullya |
|
|
|
Puntius
amphibius |
Puntius
amphibius |
|
|
|
Puntius
dorsalis |
Puntius
dorsalis |
|
|
|
Puntius
kolus |
Gonoproktopterus
curmuca |
|
|
|
Puntius
sarana |
Puntius
sarana subnasutus |
Taxonomic
status based on distribution of the subspecies given in Jayaram (2010) |
|
|
Puntius
ticto |
Puntius
ticto |
|
|
|
Osteobrama
vigorsii |
Osteobrama
vigorsii |
|
|
|
Parapsilorhynchus
tentaculatus |
Parapsilorhynchus
tentaculatus |
|
|
|
Lepidocephalus
guntea |
Lepidocephalus
guntea |
|
|
|
Lepidocephalus
thermalis |
Lepidocephalus
thermalis |
|
|
|
Noemacheilus
anguilla |
Noemacheilus
anguilla |
|
|
|
Noemacheilus
botia aurius |
Acanthocobitis
mooreh |
|
|
|
Noemacheilus
dayi |
Schistura
dayi |
Needs
taxonomic validation |
|
|
Noemacheilus
denisoni |
Schistura
denisoni |
|
|
|
Noemacheilus
evezardi |
Oreonectes
evezardi |
|
|
|
Noemacheilus
savona |
Schistura
savona |
Needs
taxonomic validation |
|
|
Noemacheilichthys
rueppelli |
Nemachilichthys
rueppelli |
|
|
|
Mystus
bleekeri |
Mystus
bleekeri |
|
|
|
Mystus
cavasius |
Mystus
seengtee |
|
|
|
Mystus
malabaricus |
Mystus
malabaricus |
|
|
|
Ompok
bimaculatus |
Ompok
bimaculatus |
|
|
|
Glyptothorax
lonah |
Glyptothorax
lonah |
|
|
|
Xenentodon
cancila |
Xenentodon
cancila |
|
|
|
Aplocheilus
lineatus |
Aplocheilus
lineatus |
Species is
probably locally extirpated |
|
|
Channa
orientalis |
Channa
gachua |
|
|
|
Channa
punctatus |
Channa
punctatus |
|
|
|
Glossogobius
giuris |
Glossogobius
giuris |
|
|
|
Mastacembelus
armatus |
Mastacembelus
armatus |
|