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)