TIC POSITION
Danlo aequipinnatus (McClelland)
Phylum
Super Class
Division
Order
Family
Sub-family
Genus
Danio
Species
aequlpinnatus
Chordata
Gnathastomata
Teleostei
Cypriniforms
Cyprinidae
Rosborinae
Perilampus aequipinnatus McClelland, 1839, Asiat. Res. 19(2): 393,
p1.60, fig.1 (type- locality: Assam)
Danio aequipinnatus: Day, 1878, Fishes ofInda ... 6, pL150, fig.6;
Day,1889, Fauna Br. India, Fishes, 1: 356, fig. 111.
Distinguishing characters: 1
D u-iii 9-12; A ii-ill 14-16; P i 11-12; V I 6
Body elongate and compressed, its depth 2.9 to 3.5 times in
standard length. Head length 15 to 4.3 times fin standard length; snout
length 3.3 to 5,eye diameter 3 to 4, both in head length. A pre-orbital
spine, backwardly directed, from lachrymalbohe. Mouth small, directed
upwards; barbells two short pairs: rostral pairabout half eye-diameter,
the maxillary barbells minute. Dorsal fin inserted well inadvance of
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origin of anal fin, extending to over anterior anal finrays. Caudal fin
forked. Scales moderate; lateral line complete, with 35 to 37 scales; pre
dorsal scales 14 or 15.
Colour
In life brilliant basic blue; a well marked lateral band of
along sides, both above and below it are thinner golden bands; the blue
band which runs along the entire length from caudal fin to head, breaks
up into three bands in adults separated by golden lines before reaching
gill-opening; a well defined black blotch near upper angle of gill-opening
generally present. Fins bright orange.
Geographical Distribution
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand.
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SYSTEMATIC POSITION
Rasbora daniconius (Day)
Phylum
Chordata
Super Class
Gnathastomata
!vision
Order
Teleostei
All
( Family
f
Cypriniforms
Cyprinidae
Sub-family
Rasborinae
Genus
Rasbora
daniconius
Species
Rasbora daniconius: Day, 1878, Fishes of India: 548, p1.146, figs 2,3;
Day, 1889, Fauna Br.India, Fishes, 1:336; Brittan, 1954, Monogr. Inst.
Sd. Techn. Manila, (3); 135 (Redescription).
Common Names:
Blackline rasbora. English
Distinguishing characters:
Dii7;AiiS;Pi14;ViB
Body oblong and compressed. Mouth small; lips simple. Pectoral
fins shorter than head. Lateral line nearly bmpiete, with 31 to 34
scales; lateral transverse scale-rows 4 1/2 /21/2.
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Colour
In life, black olive, flanks and belly silvery; a fairly distinct blue
black mid-lateral stripe from eye to base of caudal fin, delicately edged
above and below by a thin, metallic golden line; a narrow dark stripe
above anal fin. Fins hyaline, tinged with yellow.
Geographical distribution
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma and Mekong.
Inhabits pools, ditches and streams.
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SYSTEMATIC POSITION
Barilius baked
Phylum
:
Chordat.a
Super Class
:
Gnathastomata
Division
:
Teleostei
Order
:
Cypriniforms
Family
:
Cyprinidae
Sub-family
:
Rasborinae
Genus
:
Barilius
Species
:
bakeri
1
Barilius baked Day, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 305 (type-locality:
Mundakayam, Kerala); Day, 1878, Fishes of India: 591,pl. 151, fig. 2;
Day, 1889, Fauna Br. India, Fishes, 1: 348; Jyaram
et al.,
1976, Bull.
Madras Govt. Fisheries Dept., 7:2.
Common Name:
Malabar baril ............English
Distinguishing characters:
D u-iii 10; A u-iii 14; V I 8
Body deep, its depth 2.9 to 3.2 times in standard length. Mouth
moderate; jaws short, maxilla extends to below middle of orbit; barbells
absent. Dorsal fin inserted in advance of anal fin, extending to above
fourth anal finray. Scales moderate, with few radii; lateral line with 37 to
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38 scales; predorsal scales 16. Tubercles large and well developed on
snout and lower jaw.
Colour
In life grayish becoming white on abdomen; a row of large bluish
spots along the flanks. Dorsal, anal and pectoral fins with dark gray
bases, their edges white.
Geographical distributions
India: Western Ghats of Kerala.
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SYSTEMATIC POSITION
Garra mullya
Phylum
:
Chordata
Super Class
:
Gnath&stomata
Division
Teleostel
Order
:
Cypriniforms
Family
:
Cyprirüdae
Sub-family
:
Garrinae
Genus
:
Garra
Species
:
mullya
C
Chondrostoma muilya sykes, 1841, Trans.t Zool. Soc. Lond. 2:
p1. 62 fig. 3 (type-locality: Bheema river at DaLInde, nr. Poona).
Common Name:
Mullya Garra
English
Distinguishing characters:
D iii 7-8; A i-ii 5; P i 12-15; V i 7-8
Body slightly flattened, its depth 3.8 to 4.3 times in standard
length. Head some what flattened on under-sin-face; snout rounded and
smooth, with the tip marked off by a'deep transverse groove;
interorbital region some what convex, its width 1.8 to 2.3 times in head
length. Mouth small but well marked, its width 1.5 to 2.2 times in head
width. Barbells two pairs; rostral pair as long as or slightly shorter than
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eye-diameter, maxillary pair shorter than rostral ones. Dorsal fin
inserted nearer tip of snout than to caudal fin base. Pectoral fins shorter
than head length. Caudal fin slightly emarginated. Scales moderate-size;
lateral line with 32 to 34 scales; lateral transverse scale-rows 4 1/2/ 31/2
predorsal scales 9 to 11; breast and belly often naked. Distance of vent
from anal fin 3.6 to 3.8 times in inter-distance between pelvic fin origin
and anal fin base.
Colour
In life, upper surface of head and body, and flanks darkish; a
broad lateral band on sides, bordered above and below by incomplete
dark narrow lateral stripes especially in posterior half body; belly dull
white; a distinct black spot just behind angle of operculum; a dusky
blotch at caudal fin base.
Geographical Distribution
India: throughout India except Assam and the Himalaya.
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SYSTEMATIC POSITION
Puntius filamentosus (Valénciennes)
Phylum
:
Chordata
Super Class
:
Division
:
Gnathastomata
Teleostel
Order
:
Cypriniforms
Family
:
Cyprinidae
Sub-family
:
Cyprininae
Genus
:
Puntius
Species
:
filametosus
Leuciscus filamentous Valenciennes, 1844, Hist. nat. Poiss. 17: 96,
p1. 492 (type-locality: les eaux douces d'Alypey" = Alleppey, Kerala
state); Menon, 1967, Icthyologica: 147 (identit' discussed)
Common Names:
Black spot barb, Indian tiger barb. English.
Distinguishing characters:
D iii -iv 8; A ii —iii 5; P i 14; V i8
Body elongate, its depth 3.3 times to 3.8 times in standard length.
Head about 4.3 times in standard length. Muth moderate; barbells a
very small pair of maxillary only, often hidden 1 in grooves round corners
of mouth. Dorsal fin inserted equidistant between tip of snout and base
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of caudal fin, its last unbranched ray non-osseous, weak and smooth; in
adult males, generally five unbranched rays elongated into filaments.
Scales large; lateral line complete, with about 21 scales. Adult males
studded with large tubercles on snout.
Colour
In life, at various stages distinctively different; adults uniformly
silvery to greenish-silvery, somewhat darker (olive-coloured) above, with
a dull rainbow sheen by reflected light; a distinctive dark oval blotch on
lateral-line, extending generally from 14th to 16 th lateral line scales. Fins
delicate yellow-greenish; dorsal finrays partly dark violet, often dark
tipped.
Juveniles very brilliantly pink, with broad deep black vertical
stripes, and orange-red to brick-red fins; caudal fin of half-grown fishes
reddish with a black blotch on each lobe, its tips whitish.
Geographical distribution
India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka; Burma;
and Thailand.
Remarks
Secondary sexual characters appear in this species at breeding
time (Hora and Law, 1941). In male the anterior four or five branched
rays of dorsal fin are prolonged, and the snout is covered with a patch
of large tubercles on either side in front of the eyes.
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The popular name black-spot barb for;
species comes from
the four black vertical stripes on a pink body, found in juveniles. As the
fish grows, however, three of the stripes disappear and the last is
converted into a distinctive, slightly elongated horizontal oval spot on
the caudal peduncle. The adult male has filamentous finrays on the
dorsal fin just as in the AruH barb.
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SYSTEMATIC POSITION
Puntius arulius tambraparniel
Phylum
Chordata
Super Class
Division
Order
Family
Sub-family
Genus
Species
Sub species
(Silas)
Gnathastomata
Teleostel
Cypriniforms
Cyprinidae
Cyprininae
Puntius
arulius
tambraparniei
Puntius arulius tambraparniei:
Silas 1953 described the species from
Kallidaikurichi in Tamiraparani river. Jayaram 1991. Distinguished the
both on the basis of insertion of dorsal fin and extension of pectoral fin.
Dorsal fin inserted nearer to tip of snout than caudal fin (in P.arulius
dorsal fin inserted midway between tip of snout and caudal based).
Pectoral fin not extend to pelvic (in P.arulius pectoral fin extend to
pelvic).
Distinguishing characters:
D-iii/8-9; P-i/13-14; V-i/8; A-u/S.
Dorsal and ventral profiles arched. Head short, snout obtusely round
plain. Eyes large just visible from below ventral surface. Mouth sub
terminal, its width less than inter nostril distance. 2 barbells, weak
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non-osseous dorsal ray. The outer rays of the fins are dark stained.
Males have a few branched dorsal rays produced into filament. Adult
males have 42-68 tubercles, which are present below the eye orbit to tip
of the snout.
Colour
Colour pattern in
P.arulius tambraparniel varies with different
stages of development. In small sp there are three vertical bands and 4
with 28-39mm in length
from the dorsal fin origin not reaching The first band is
pelvic fin extension; the
second below the posterior extremity of fin extend to the anal fin
base; the third across the origin of caudal M. A round spot is found in
the pre dorsal region, the second one present on the upper angle of gill
opening. The third spot is on above the post dorsal region and the
fourth one is present on the mid1ire of the body. A reddish tinge is
found at the end of caudal and anal fins. Specimens with 51-62mm in
length there are three vertical bands and two pots/blotches. The size of
the spots are large; spot located in pre dorsal region joined with the
spot on midline of the body. A reddish tinge is found at the end of
caudal, anal fin and scales in the post dorsal region with pale reddish in
colour.
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