JoTT Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kerala (v1.0)
Citation: Raghavan, R., A. Ali, S. Philip, V.K. Anoop & A. Bijukumar (2020). JoTT Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kerala (v1.0), 01 January 2020. https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/fish/kerala
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Family | Scientific Name | Authority | |
1 | Anguillidae | Anguilla bengalensis | (Gray, 1831) |
2 | Anguillidae | Anguilla bicolor | McClelland, 1844 |
3 | Ophichthidae | Pisodonophis boro | (Hamilton, 1822) |
4 | Notopteridae | Notopterus notopterus | (Pallas, 1769) |
5 | Clupeidae | Dayella malabarica | (Day, 1873) |
6 | Danionindae | Amblypharyngodon melettinus | (Valenciennes, 1844) |
7 | Danionindae | Amblypharyngodon microlepis | (Bleeker, 1853) |
8 | Danionindae | Opsarius bakeri | (Day, 1865) |
9 | Danionindae | Opsarius bendelisis | (Hamilton, 1807) |
10 | Danionindae | Opsarius canarensis | (Jerdon, 1849) |
11 | Danionindae | Opsarius gatensis | (Valenciennes, 1844) |
12 | Danionindae | Opsarius malabaricus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
13 | Danionindae | Danio rerio | (Hamilton, 1822) |
14 | Danionindae | Devario malabaricus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
15 | Danionindae | Esomus barbatus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
16 | Danionindae | Esomus malabaricus | Day, 1867 |
17 | Danionindae | Esomus thermoicos | (Valenciennes, 1842) |
18 | Danionindae | Horadandia brittani | Rema Devi & Menon, 1992 |
19 | Danionindae | Neochela dadiburjori | (Menon, 1952) |
20 | Danionindae | Laubuka fasciata | (Silas, 1958) |
21 | Danionindae | Salmostoma acinaces | (Valenciennes, 1844) |
22 | Danionindae | Salmostoma boopis | (Day, 1874) |
23 | Cyprinidae | Gymnostoma ariza | (Hamilton, 1807) |
24 | Cyprinidae | Dawkinsia arulius | (Jerdon 1849) |
25 | Cyprinidae | Dawkinsia assimilis | (Jerdon, 1849) |
26 | Cyprinidae | Dawkinsia exclamatio | (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 2005) |
27 | Cyprinidae | Dawkinsia filamentosa | (Valenciennes, 1844) |
28 | Cyprinidae | Dawkinsia rubrotinctus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
29 | Cyprinidae | Eechathalakenda ophicephalus | (Raj, 1941) |
30 | Cyprinidae | Garra arunachalami | Johnson & Soranam, 2001 |
31 | Cyprinidae | Garra emarginata | Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011 |
32 | Cyprinidae | Garra hughi | Silas, 1955 |
33 | Cyprinidae | Garra joshuai | (Silas 1954) |
34 | Cyprinidae | Garra mcClellandi | (Jerdon 1849) |
35 | Cyprinidae | Garra menoni | Rema Devi & Indra, 1984 |
36 | Cyprinidae | Garra mlapparaensis | Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011 |
37 | Cyprinidae | Garra mullya | (Sykes, 1839) |
38 | Cyprinidae | Garra periyarensis | Gopi, 2001 |
39 | Cyprinidae | Garra stenorhynchus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
40 | Cyprinidae | Garra surendranathanii | Shaji, Arun & Easa, 1996 |
41 | Cyprinidae | Haludaria fasciata | (Jerdon, 1849) |
42 | Cyprinidae | Haludaria kannikattiensis | (Arunachalam & Johnson, 2003) |
43 | Cyprinidae | Haludaria melanampyx | (Day, 1865) |
44 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus carnaticus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
45 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus curmuca | (Hamilton, 1807) |
46 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus jerdoni | (Day, 1870) |
47 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus kurali | Menon & Rema Devi, 1995 |
48 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus lithopidos | (Day, 1874) |
49 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus periyarensis | (Raj, 1941) |
50 | Cyprinidae | Hypselobarbus thomassi | (Day, 1874) |
51 | Cyprinidae | Labeo dussumieri | (Valenciennes, 1842) |
52 | Cyprinidae | Labeo fimbriatus | (Bloch, 1795) |
53 | Cyprinidae | Labeo nigrescens | (Day 1870) |
54 | Cyprinidae | Lepidopygopsis typus | Raj, 1941 |
55 | Cyprinidae | Neolissochilus wynaadensis | (Day, 1873) |
56 | Cyprinidae | Oreichthys incognito | Knight & Kumar 2015 |
57 | Cyprinidae | Osteobrama bakeri | (Day, 1873) |
58 | Cyprinidae | Osteochilichthys longidorsalis | Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994 |
59 | Cyprinidae | Osteochilichthys nashii | (Day, 1869) |
60 | Cyprinidae | Pethia conchonius | (Hamilton, 1822) |
61 | Cyprinidae | Pethia nigripinnis | (Knight, Rema Devi, Indra & Arunachalam, 2012) |
62 | Cyprinidae | Pethia pookodensis | (Mercy & Jacob, 2007) |
63 | Cyprinidae | Pethia punctata | (Day, 1865) |
64 | Cyprinidae | Puntius amphibius | (Valenciennes, 1842) |
65 | Cyprinidae | Puntius bimaculatus | (Bleeker, 1863) |
66 | Cyprinidae | Puntius madhusoodani | Kumar, Pereira & Radhakrishnan, 2012 |
67 | Cyprinidae | Puntius mahecola | (Valenciennes, 1844) |
68 | Cyprinidae | Puntius melanostigma | (Day, 1878) |
69 | Cyprinidae | Puntius parrah | Day, 1865 |
70 | Cyprinidae | Puntius vittatus | Day, 1865 |
71 | Danionindae | Rasbora dandia | (Valenciennes, 1844) |
72 | Cyprinidae | Sahyadria chalakkudiensis | (Menon, Rema Devi & Thobias, 1999) |
73 | Cyprinidae | Sahyadria denisonii | (Day, 1865) |
74 | Cyprinidae | Systomus subnasutus | (Valenciennes, 1842) |
75 | Cyprinidae | Tariqilabeo periyarensis | Menon & Jacob, 1996 |
76 | Cyprinidae | Tor khudree | (Sykes, 1839) |
77 | Cyprinidae | Tor malabaricus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
78 | Cyprinidae | Tor remadevii | Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011 |
79 | Cobitidae | Lepidocephalichthys thermalis | (Valenciennes, 1846) |
80 | Cobitidae | Pangio bhujia | Anoop, Britz, Arjun, Dahanukar & Raghavan 2019 |
81 | Cobitidae | Pangio goaensis | (Tilak 1972) |
82 | Balitoridae | Ghatsa menoni | (Shaji & Easa, 1995) |
83 | Balitoridae | Ghatsa montana | (Herre, 1945) |
84 | Balitoridae | Ghatsa pillaii | (Indra & Rema Devi, 1981) |
85 | Balitoridae | Ghatsa santhamparaiensis | (Arunachalam, Johnson & Rema Devi, 2002) |
86 | Balitoridae | Ghatsa silasi | (Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011) |
87 | Balitoridae | Bhavania australis | Jerdon, 1849 |
88 | Balitoridae | Travancoria elongata | Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994 |
89 | Balitoridae | Travancoria jonesi | Hora, 1941 |
90 | Balitoridae | Balitora jalpalli | Raghavan, Tharian, Ali, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2012 |
91 | Balitoridae | Balitora mysorensis | Hora, 1941 |
92 | Nemacheilidae | Indoreonectes keralensis | (Rita & Nalbant, 1978) |
93 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus guentheri | (Day, 1867) |
94 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus herrei | Nalbant & Bănărescu, 1982 |
95 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus menoni | (Zacharias & Minimol, 1999) |
96 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus pambarensis | (Rema Devi & Indra, 1994) |
97 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus periyarensis | (Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2005) |
98 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus pulchellus | (Day, 1873) |
99 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus remadevii | Shaji, 2002 |
100 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus tambaraparniensis | (Menon, 1987) |
101 | Nemacheilidae | Mesonoemacheilus triangularis | (Day, 1865) |
102 | Nemacheilidae | Nemacheilus monilis | Hora, 1921 |
103 | Nemacheilidae | Paracanthocobitis sinuata | (Day, 1870) |
104 | Nemacheilidae | Schistura denisoni | (Day, 1867) |
105 | Nemacheilidae | Schistura nilgiriensis | (Menon 1987) |
106 | Nemacheilidae | Schistura semiarmata | (Day, 1867) |
107 | Nemacheilidae | Schistura striata | (Day, 1867) |
108 | Siluridae | Ompok bimaculatus | (Bloch, 1794) |
109 | Siluridae | Ompok malabaricus | (Valenciennes, 1840) |
110 | Siluridae | Wallago attu | (Schneider, 1801) |
111 | Siluridae | Pterocryptis wynaadensis | (Day, 1873) |
112 | Horabagridae | Horabagrus brachysoma | (Günther, 1864) |
113 | Horabagridae | Horabagrus nigricollaris | Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994 |
114 | Bagridae | Batasio travancoria | Hora & Law, 1941 |
115 | Bagridae | Hemibagrus punctatus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
116 | Bagridae | Mystus armatus | (Day, 1865) |
117 | Bagridae | Mystus malabaricus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
118 | Bagridae | Mystus montanus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
119 | Bagridae | Mystus oculatus | (Valenciennes, 1840) |
120 | Bagridae | Mystus seengtee | (Sykes, 1839) |
121 | Bagridae | Mystus vittatus | (Bloch, 1794) |
122 | Bagridae | Sperata seenghala | (Sykes, 1839) |
123 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax anamalaiensis | Silas, 1952 |
124 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax annandalei | Hora, 1923 |
125 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax davissinghi | Manimekalan & Das, 1998 |
126 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax elankadensis | Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013 |
127 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax housei | Herre, 1942 |
128 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax madraspatanus | (Day, 1873) |
129 | Sisoridae | Glyptothorax malabarensis | Gopi, 2010 |
130 | Erethistidae | Pseudolaguvia austrina | Radhakrishnan, Sureshkumar & Ng, 2011 |
131 | Schilbeidae | Pseudeutropius mitchelli | Günther, 1864 |
132 | Kryptoglanidae | Kryptoglanis shajii | Vincent & Thomas, 2011 |
133 | Clariidae | Clarias dayi | Hora, 1936 |
134 | Clariidae | Clarias dussumieri | Valenciennes, 1840 |
135 | Clariidae | Horaglanis abdulkalami | Babu, 2012 |
136 | Clariidae | Horaglanis alikunhii | Babu & Nayar, 2004 |
137 | Clariidae | Horaglanis krishnai | Menon, 1950 |
138 | Heteropneustidae | Heteropneustes fossilis | (Bloch, 1794) |
139 | Eleotridae | Bunaka gyrinoides | (Bleeker 1853) |
140 | Eleotridae | Eleotris fusca | (Forster, 1801) |
141 | Gobiidae | Glossogobius giuris | (Hamilton, 1822) |
142 | Gobiidae | Schismatogobius deraniyagalai | Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989 |
143 | Gobiidae | Sicyopterus griseus | (Day, 1877) |
144 | Gobiidae | Awaous grammepomus | (Bleeker, 1849) |
145 | Ambassidae | Ambassis ambassis | (Lacepède, 1802) |
146 | Ambassidae | Ambassis gymnocephalus | (Lacepède, 1802) |
147 | Ambassidae | Parambassis dayi | (Bleeker, 1874) |
148 | Ambassidae | Parambassis thomassi | (Day, 1870) |
149 | Cichlidae | Etroplus suratensis | (Bloch, 1790) |
150 | Cichlidae | Pseudetroplus maculatus | (Bloch, 1795) |
151 | Hemiramphidae | Hyporhamphus limbatus | (Valenciennes, 1847) |
152 | Hemiramphidae | Hyporhamphus xanthopterus | (Valenciennes, 1847) |
153 | Adrianichthyidae | Oryzias setnai | (Kulkarni, 1940) |
154 | Belonidae | Xenentodon cancila | (Hamilton, 1822) |
155 | Hemiramphidae | Zenarchopterus dispar | (Valenciennes, 1847) |
156 | Aplocheilidae | Aplocheilus blockii | Arnold, 1911 |
157 | Aplocheilidae | Aplocheilus lineatus | (Valenciennes, 1846) |
158 | Aplocheilidae | Aplocheilus parvus | Sundara Raj, 1916 |
159 | Mastacembelidae | Macrognathus guentheri | (Day, 1865) |
160 | Mastacembelidae | Mastacembelus armatus | (Lacepède, 1800) |
161 | Mastacembelidae | Mastacembelus malabaricus | (Jerdon, 1849) |
162 | Synbranchidae | Monopterus digressus | Gopi, 2002 |
163 | Synbranchidae | Monopterus eapeni | Talwar, 1991 |
164 | Synbranchidae | Monopterus fossorius | (Nayar, 1951) |
165 | Synbranchidae | Monopterus roseni | Bailey & Gans, 1998 |
166 | Synbranchidae | Ophisternon bengalense | McClelland, 1844 |
167 | Channidae | Aenigmachanna gollum | Britz, Anoop, Dahanukar & Raghavan, 2019 |
168 | Channidae | Aenigmachanna mahabali | Rahul, Basheer & Charan, 2019 |
169 | Channidae | Channa diplogramma | (Day, 1865) |
170 | Channidae | Channa gachua | (Hamilton, 1822) |
171 | Channidae | Channa pseudomarulius | (Günther, 1861) |
172 | Channidae | Channa punctata | (Bloch, 1793) |
173 | Channidae | Channa striata | (Bloch, 1793) |
174 | Anabantidae | Anabas testudineus | (Bloch, 1792) |
175 | Badidae | Dario neela | Britz, Anoop & Dahanukar, 2018 |
176 | Badidae | Dario urops | Britz, Ali & Philip, 2012 |
177 | Nandidae | Nandus nandus | (Hamilton, 1822) |
178 | Pristolepididae | Pristolepis marginata | Jerdon, 1849 |
179 | Pristolepididae | Pristolepis rubripinnis | Britz, Kumar & Baby, 2012 |
180 | Osphronemidae | Pseudosphromenus cupanus | (Cuvier, 1831) |
181 | Osphronemidae | Pseudosphromenus dayi | (Engmann, 1909) |
182 | Syngnathidae | Ichthyocampus carce | (Hamilton, 1822) |
183 | Syngnathidae | Microphis cuncalus | (Hamilton, 1822) |
184 | Terapontidae | Terapon jarbua | (Forsskål, 1775) |
185 | Tetraodontidae | Carinotetraodon travancoricus | (Hora & Nair, 1941) |