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A checklist of fishes of Telangana State, India
Kante Krishna Prasad
1 & Chelmala Srinivasulu 2
1,2 Natural History
Museum and Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University
College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India.
2 Centre for
Biodiversity and Conservation Studies, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana
500007, India.
2 Systematics, Ecology
& Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, No. 12
Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India.
1 kpmanjeera@gmail.com,
2 chelmala.srinivasulu@osmania.ac.in (corresponding author)
Editor: Rajeev Raghavan,
Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies, Kochi, India. Date of publication: 26 April 2021
(online & print)
Citation: Prasad, K.K. &
C. Srinivasulu (2021). A checklist of fishes of Telangana State, India.
Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(5): 18324–18343. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6714.13.5.18324-18343
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Funding: University Grants
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Acknowledgements: We acknowledge the
head, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University,
Hyderabad for providing facilities and encouragement. We acknowledge the research fundings from
University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi (to KKP) and from MHRD-RUSA 2.0
project (to CS). We also thank all our
friends and colleagues to have assisted us in the field surveys.
Abstract: A checklist of
freshwater fishes of Telangana State, India including accepted common name,
vernacular name, IUCN status, and endemicity is presented. Freshwater fish diversity of Telangana State
is represented by 143 species belonging to 14 orders and 34 families. Two species, Rita bakalu and Indoreonectes
telanganaensis are endemic to Telangana State.
Keywords: Freshwater fish,
ichthyofauna, Godavari River basin, Krishna River basin.
Telangana State
(15.835–19.917 0N, 77.238–81.307 0E), located on the
Deccan Plateau in the south central part of peninsular India, was part of the
erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014).
Before this the region contributed to the major land area of Hyderabad
State (1948–1956) and the erstwhile Princely State of Hyderabad
(1724–1948). It encompasses an area of
1,12,077km2, and is drained by two major rivers, namely the Godavari
and the Krishna along with their major and minor tributaries. Some important minor rivers include
Dhundhubhi, Dindi, Haridra, Indravati, Kadam, Kagna, Kinnerasani, Manair,
Manjeera, Munneru, Musi, Paleru, Peddavagu, Taliperu, Tungabhadra, Wainganga,
and Wyra. Numerous natural and man-made
water bodies also dot the landscape among which the major ones include Alisagar
Reservoir, Annaram Barrage, Chelmelavagu Project, Devadula, Dindi, Dummugudem,
Gollavagu, Gundrevula, Himayath Sagar, Icchampally, Jonnalaboguda, Jurala,
Kadam, Kanthapally, Kinnerasani, Koilsagar, Laknavaram, Lendi, Lower Jurala
Lower Manair, Manjeera, Medigadda, Mid Manair, Musi Reservoir, Mylaram
Reservoir, Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir, Nawabpet, Neelwai, Nizam Sagar, Osman
Sagar, Pakhala, Palair, Palakurthy, Pedavagu, Pocharam, Pranahita Chevella,
Rajolibanda, Ralevagu, Ramanpad, Rangaiah-Yerraiah, Sadarmat, Salivagu,
Sathnala, Shanigaram, Shankara Samudram Balancing Reservoir, Singotam, Singur,
Sriram Sagar, Tapaspalli Reservoir, Thotapally Reservoir, Udaya Samudram, Upper
Manair Dam, Vattivagu, Wyra, and Yellampalli.
Studies on the
freshwater fish diversity of Telengana State dates back to late 19th
century (Day 1876). This was followed by
the work of Das (1924, 1944) who presented and published accounts of fishes in
Hyderabad in the proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, and later by
Rahimullah & Das (1935, 1936) in 12th
volume of Bulletin de la Société Portugaise des Sciences Naturelles. Comprehensive research on fishes of the
erstwhile Hyderabad State was initiated by Rahimullah (1943a,b, 1944) and
Mahmood & Rahimullah (1947). Other
significant literature on the fishes of Godavari and Krishna river basins in
the erstwhile Hyderabad State, Madras Presidency, and united Andhra Pradesh
include those by David (1963a,b), Jhingran (1983), Rao & Reddy (1984),
Talwar & Jhingran (1991a,b), Menon (1999, 2004), and Jayaram (1981, 1995,
1999, 2010).
Freshwater fish diversity of united Andhra
Pradesh was studied and documented by Barman (1993) who reported the occurrence
of 158 species belonging to 68 genera in 27 families and 10 orders. Later, Barman (2003) reported 39 species
belonging to 26 genera, 12 families, and five orders occurring in the Koil
Sagar, Mahabubnagar District.
Chandrasekhar (2004) reported 65 species belonging to 36 genera spread
over 13 families and five orders from tanks, lakes, and reservoirs in Hyderabad
and environs. Recently, Rao et al.
(2010, 2011) reported 24 species of fish belonging to 12 families and six
orders from Pocharam Lake, and 22 species under 11 families and six orders from
Wyra Lake, respectively.
Over the last few
years, several new species of fish were described from this region. This includes a new species of bagrid catfish
Rita bakalu from Pranahita River (Lal et al. 2017) and a new species of
hillstream loach Indoreonectes telanganaensis (Prasad et al. 2020b). Prasad & Srinivasulu (2019a,b) provided
new records of fishes from Telangana State, while Shyamsundar et al. (2017) and
Prasad et al. (2020a) reported the checklist of freshwater fish fauna in the
Udayasamudram and Manjeera reservoirs, respectively.
In recent years,
numerous research papers in conference proceedings, theses, and predatory
journals have been published on fish diversity of various lakes, reservoirs and
rivers of Telengana State. Attempts have
also been made to provide a comprehensive list of fishes known to occur in
water bodies in Telangana State, including two such compilations by Srivastava
et al. (2017), and Khartade et al. (2019).
Methods
For the present
checklist, we researched and critically analysed all published (both peer-reviewed
and non peer-reviewed) literature and also relied on field surveys conducted
since 2010 in various parts of Telangana State.
We have also provided explanation for deletion of the taxa earlier
recorded in literarture, and appeal to future workers to collect voucher
specimens to report additions to the fish diversity of Telangana State.
Results and Discussion
In this checklist,
143 species of freshwater fishes in 14 orders and 34 families are listed (Table
1; Images 1–86), of which two species (Rita bakalu Lal et al., 2017 and Indoreonectes
telanganaensis Prasad et al., 2020) are endemic to Telangana State, while
39 are endemic to India (30 to peninsular India), 11 species endemic to
southern Asia (eight species from India and Sri Lanka, three species from
peninsular India, three species from Bangladesh and India), and one species
from India and Myanmar. As per the IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species, the fish diversity of Telangana State includes
12 threatened species (including seven endangered species, namely, Bangana
nukta, Clarias magur, Hypselobarbus curmuca, Hypselobarbus
mussullah, Labeo potail, Thynnichthys sandkhol and Silonia
childreni, and five vulnerable species, namely, Cirrhinus cirrhosus,
Gagata itchkeea, Hypselobarbus kolus, Salmostoma horai and
Wallago attu). As many as 13
species (Clarias gariepinus, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Cyprinus
carpio, Gambusia affinis, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, H.
nobilis, Oreochromis mossambicus, O. niloticus, Osphronemus
goramy, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, Piaractus brachypomus, Poecilia
reticulata, and Pterygoplichthys pardalis) are introduced or exotic
species, some of which have negative impacts on native fish fauna.
While compiling this
list 43 species which were included in earlier publications and checklist have
been removed due to taxonomic reasons and / or distribution mismatch (Table 2).
Table 1. Checklist of
fishes of Telangana State, India
|
|
English name |
Species |
Authority |
Vernacular name |
IUCN RL |
Endemicity |
|
I. ORDER ANGUILLIFORMES |
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|
1. Family Ophichthidae |
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|
1 |
Rice-paddy Eel¹ |
Pisodonophis boro |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
|
LC |
|
|
2. Family Anguillidae |
||||||
|
2 |
Indian Mottled Eel |
Anguilla bengalensis |
(Gray, 1831) |
Dungoo Maigoo |
NT |
|
|
II. ORDER OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES |
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|
3. Family Notopteridae |
||||||
|
3 |
Bronze Featherback |
Notopterus synurus |
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
Mangalikatti |
LC |
|
|
4 |
Knifefish² |
Chitala chitala |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Mangalikatti |
NT |
|
|
III. ORDER CLUPEIFORMES |
||||||
|
4. Family Clupeidae |
||||||
|
5 |
Ganges River Sprat³ |
Corica soborna |
Hamilton, 1822 |
|
LC |
|
|
6 |
Ilisha |
Tenualosa ilisha |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Pulasa |
LC |
|
|
IV. ORDER CYPRINIFORMES |
||||||
|
5. Family Cobitidae |
||||||
|
7 |
Guntia Loach |
Lepidocephalichthys guntea |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Ulchal |
LC |
|
|
8 |
Common Spiny Loach |
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis |
(Valenciennes, 1846) |
Asira |
LC |
PI & SL |
|
6. Family Nemacheilidae |
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|
9 |
Telangana Loach⁴ |
Indoreonectes telanganaensis |
Prasad et al., 2020 |
Sanna ulshalu |
NE |
TS |
|
10 |
Mottled Loach |
Paracanthocobitis cf. botia |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Buddulche |
LC |
|
|
11 |
Murangi |
Paracanthocobitis mooreh |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Jerri chepa |
LC |
PI |
|
12 |
Denison's Loach |
Schistura denisoni |
(Day, 1867) |
Ulsha |
LC |
IN |
|
7. Family Cyprinidae |
||||||
|
13 |
Nukta5 |
Bangana nukta |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Mukkidichepa |
EN |
PI |
|
14 |
Carnatic Carp6 |
Barbodes carnaticus |
(Jerdon, 1849) |
|
LC |
PI |
|
15 |
Mrigal Carp |
Cirrhinus cirrhosus |
(Bloch, 1795) |
Aruzu |
VU |
|
|
16 |
Mrigal Carp |
Cirrhinus mrigala |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Yerra Mosu |
LC |
|
|
17 |
Reba Carp |
Cirrhinus reba |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Eele Mosu |
LC |
|
|
18 |
Common Carp |
Cyprinus carpio* |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Bangaru Teega |
|
|
|
19 |
Blackspot Barb |
Dawkinsia filamentosa |
(Valenciennes, 1844) |
Chevalle-sevvali |
LC |
PI |
|
20 |
Sucker Head |
Garra gotyla |
(Gray 1830) |
Banda Pakiri |
LC |
|
|
21 |
Sucker Fish |
Garra mullya |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Banda Pakiri |
LC |
PI |
|
22 |
Nilgiris Garra |
Garra stenorhynchus |
(Jerdon, 1849) |
Kalgawa |
LC |
PI |
|
23 |
Reba |
Gymnostomus ariza |
(Hamilton, 1807) |
Arju |
LC |
|
|
24 |
Deccan White Carp |
Gymnostomus fulungee |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Mosu |
LC |
PI |
|
25 |
Curmuca Barb7 |
Hypselobarbus curmuca |
(Hamilton, 1807) |
Curmuca |
EN |
PI |
|
26 |
Jerdon's Carp |
Hypselobarbus jerdoni |
(Day, 1870) |
Cha-meen |
LC |
PI |
|
27 |
Kolus |
Hypselobarbus kolus |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Nilusu |
VU |
PI |
|
28 |
Humpback Mahseer |
Hypselobarbus mussullah |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Goonimansoor |
EN |
PI |
|
29 |
Bata |
Labeo bata |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kangu |
LC |
|
|
30 |
Boga Labeo |
Labeo boga |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Ariza |
LC |
|
|
31 |
Boggut Labeo |
Labeo boggut |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Nusigadu |
LC |
|
|
32 |
Orangefin Labeo |
Labeo calbasu |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kaki-bocha |
LC |
|
|
33 |
Catla |
Labeo catla |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Bocha |
LC |
|
|
34 |
Fringed-lipped Peninsula Carp |
Labeo fimbriatus |
(Bloch, 1795) |
Chitra |
LC |
|
|
35 |
Kuria Labeo8 |
Labeo gonius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Mosoo |
LC |
|
|
36 |
Deccan Labeo |
Labeo kawrus |
(Sykes, 1839) |
|
LC |
PI |
|
37 |
Pangusia Labeo |
Labeo pangusia |
(Hamilton,
1822) |
Done-chepa |
NT |
|
|
38 |
Bombay Labeo |
Labeo porcellus |
(Heckel, 1844) |
Moyya |
LC |
PI |
|
39 |
Deccan Labeo |
Labeo potail |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Baman-chapra |
EN |
PI |
|
40 |
Roho Labeo |
Labeo rohita |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Routa |
LC |
|
|
41 |
Peninsular Osteobrama |
Osteobrama peninsularis |
Silas, 1952 |
Dammisa |
NE |
PI |
|
42 |
Nilgiri Osteobrama |
Osteobrama neilli |
(Day, 1873) |
|
LC |
PI |
|
43 |
Godavari Osteobrama |
Osteobrama vigorsii |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Kaydam-chepa |
LC |
PI |
|
44 |
Konti Barb9 |
Osteochilichthys thomassi |
(Day, 1877) |
Pedda Parka |
LC |
PI |
|
45 |
Rosy Barb |
Pethia conchonius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Perka-chepa |
LC |
|
|
46 |
Golden Barb10 |
Pethia gelius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
|
LC |
BD & IN |
|
47 |
Ticto Barb |
Pethia ticto |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Parigi |
LC |
|
|
48 |
Scarlet-banded Barb |
Puntius amphibius |
(Valenciennes, 1842) |
Perka-chepa |
DD |
IN |
|
49 |
Redside Barb |
Puntius bimaculatus |
(Bleeker, 1863) |
|
LC |
IN & SL |
|
50 |
Swamp Barb |
Puntius chola |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Pakki |
LC |
|
|
51 |
Long snouted Barb |
Puntius dorsalis |
(Jerdon, 1849) |
Perka |
LC |
IN & SL |
|
52 |
Wynaad Barb11 |
Puntius melanostigma |
(Day, 1878) |
Perka |
NE |
IN |
|
53 |
Pool Barb |
Puntius sophore |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Chedu Parigi |
LC |
|
|
54 |
Greenstripe Barb |
Puntius vittatus |
Day,1865 |
Parigi chepa |
LC |
IN & SL |
|
55 |
Vatani Rohtee |
Rohtee ogilbii |
Sykes, 1839 |
Aku chepa |
LC |
PI |
|
56 |
Olive Barb |
Systomus sarana |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kanugu |
LC |
|
|
57 |
Stone Roller12 |
Tariqilabeo latius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
|
LC |
|
|
58 |
Sandkhol Carp |
Thynnichthys sandkhol |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Thalasigadu |
EN |
PI |
|
59 |
Deccan Mahseer |
Tor khudree |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Kudis |
LC |
IN & SL |
|
8. Family Danionidae |
||||||
|
60 |
Mola Carplet |
Amblypharyngodon mola |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Alan Chepa |
LC |
|
|
61 |
Barred Baril |
Barilius barila |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kodipe |
LC |
|
|
62 |
Morari |
Cabdio morar |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Gitsu |
LC |
|
|
63 |
Silver Hatchet Chela |
Chela cachius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Getchu |
LC |
|
|
64 |
Zebra Danio |
Danio rerio |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Chintaku-parega |
LC |
|
|
65 |
Giant Danio |
Devario aequipinnatus |
(McClelland, 1839) |
Nooltu |
LC |
|
|
66 |
Sind Danio |
Devario devario |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Nooltu |
LC |
|
|
67 |
Indian Flying Barb |
Esomus danrica |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Meesagadu |
LC |
|
|
68 |
Flying Barb13 |
Esomus thermoicos |
(Valenciennes, 1842) |
Meesagadu |
LC |
PI & SL |
|
69 |
Indian Glass Barb |
Laubuka laubuca |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Getchu |
LC |
|
|
70 |
Barna Baril |
Opsarius barna |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kodipe |
LC |
|
|
71 |
Hamilton’s Baril |
Opsarius bendelisis |
(Hamilton, 1807) |
Kodipe |
LC |
|
|
72 |
Slender Rasbora |
Rasbora daniconius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Narangi |
LC |
|
|
73 |
Gangetic Scissortail Rasbora |
Rasbora rasbora |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kodipe-chepa |
LC |
|
|
74 |
Silver Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma acinaces |
(Valenciennes, 1844) |
|
LC |
PI |
|
75 |
Large Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma bacaila |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Chandamama |
LC |
|
|
76 |
Bloch Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma balookee |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Ichkey |
LC |
PI |
|
77 |
Boopis Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma boopis |
(Day, 1874) |
Chela |
LC |
PI |
|
78 |
Hora Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma horai |
(Silas, 1951) |
Chela |
VU |
IN |
|
79 |
Novacula Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma novacula |
(Valenciennes, 1838) |
Chandamama |
LC |
PI |
|
80 |
Finescale Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma phulo |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Blancha |
LC |
|
|
81 |
Mahanadi Razorbelly Minnow |
Salmostoma untrahi |
(Day, 1869) |
Chela |
LC |
IN |
|
9. Family Xenocyprididae |
||||||
|
82 |
Grass Carp |
Ctenopharyngodon idella* |
(Valenciennes, 1844) |
Ela-mosa |
|
|
|
83 |
Silver Carp |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix* |
(Valenciennes, 1844) |
Vendi chepa |
|
|
|
84 |
Big-head Carp |
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis* |
(Richardson, 1845) |
|
|
|
|
V. ORDER CHARACIFORMES |
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|
10. Family Characidae |
||||||
|
85 |
Red-bellied Pacu |
Piaractus brachypomus* |
(Cuvier, 1818) |
Pacu |
|
|
|
VI. ORDER SILURIFORMES |
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|
11. Family Loricariidae |
||||||
|
86 |
Amazon Sailfin Catfish |
Pterygoplichthys pardalis* |
(Castelnau, 1855) |
Dayyam-chepa |
|
|
|
12. Family Ailiidae |
||||||
|
87 |
Goongwaree Vacha |
Eutropiichthys goongwaree |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Gaddamsiluva |
DD |
IN & MM |
|
88 |
Indian Taakree |
Proeutropiichthys taakree |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Siriva-jella |
LC |
IN |
|
89 |
Schilbid Catfish |
Silonia childreni |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Pedda-jella |
EN |
PI |
|
13. Family Horabagridae |
||||||
|
90 |
Khavalchor Catfish14 |
Pachypterus khavalchor |
(Kulkarni, 1952) |
|
DD |
PI |
|
14. Family Bagridae |
||||||
|
91 |
Krishna Mystus |
Hemibagrus maydelli |
(Rössel, 1964) |
Ponduga |
LC |
PI |
|
92 |
Day's Mystus |
Mystus bleekeri |
(Day, 1877) |
Narjella |
LC |
|
|
93 |
Gangetic Mystus |
Mystus cavasius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
ThelIa-jelIa |
LC |
|
|
94 |
Long Whiskers Catfish |
Mystus gulio |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Jella |
LC |
|
|
95 |
Tengara Catfish |
Mystus tengara |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Jella |
LC |
BD & IN |
|
96 |
Striped Dwarf Catfish |
Mystus vittatus |
(Bloch, 1794) |
Erra-jella |
LC |
|
|
97 |
Gogra Rita |
Rita gogra |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Banki-yeddu |
LC |
IN |
|
98 |
Deccan Rita |
Rita kuturnee |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Bondu |
LC |
PI |
|
99 |
Bakalu Rita15 |
Rita bakalu |
Lal et al., 2017 |
Bakalu |
NE |
TS |
|
100 |
Long Whiskered Cat-fish |
Sperata aor |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Mukkul-jella |
LC |
|
|
101 |
Giant River-catfish |
Sperata seenghala |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Nara-jella |
LC |
|
|
15. Family Sisoridae |
||||||
|
102 |
Goonch |
Bagarius bagarius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Raati jella |
NT |
|
|
103 |
Deccan Nangra |
Gagata itchkeea |
(Sykes, 1839) |
Menamama Bakkalu |
VU |
PI |
|
104 |
Mountain Catfish |
Glyptothorax lonah |
(Sykes, 1839) |
|
LC |
IN |
|
16. Family Pangasiidae |
||||||
|
105 |
Pangas Catfish |
Pangasius pangasius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Banka-jella |
LC |
|
|
106 |
Sutchi Catfish |
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus* |
(Sauvage, 1878) |
Choluva-jella |
|
|
|
107 |
Silas’ Catfish16 |
Pangasius silasi |
Dwivedi et al. 2017 |
Banka-jella |
NE |
PI |
|
17. Family Siluridae |
||||||
|
108 |
Butter Catfish |
Ompok bimaculatus |
(Bloch, 1794) |
Theenuva |
NT |
|
|
109 |
Pabdah Catfish |
Ompok pabda |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Gogli |
NT |
BD & IN |
|
110 |
Pabo Catfish |
Ompok pabo |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Theduva |
NT |
|
|
111 |
Wallago |
Wallago attu |
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
Valuga |
VU |
|
|
18. Family Clariidae |
||||||
|
112 |
Magur |
Clarias magur |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Marpoo |
EN |
|
|
113 |
African Catfish |
Clarias gariepinus* |
(Burchell, 1822) |
|
|
|
|
19. Family Heteropneustidae |
||||||
|
114 |
Stinging Catfish |
Heteropneustes fossilis |
(Bloch, 1794) |
Mapu-jella |
LC |
|
|
VII. ORDER GOBIIFORMES |
||||||
|
20. Family Gobiidae |
||||||
|
115 |
Tank goby |
Glossogobius giuris |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Bullee-kokah |
LC |
|
|
VIII. ORDER SYNBRANCHIFORMES |
||||||
|
21. Family Mastacembelidae |
||||||
|
116 |
Lesser Spiny Eel17 |
Macrognathus aral |
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
Bommidai |
LC |
|
|
117 |
Barred Spiny Eel |
Macrognathus pancalus |
Hamilton, 1822 |
Parparaal |
LC |
|
|
118 |
Zig-zag Eel |
Mastacembelus armatus |
(Lacepède, 1800) |
Kontemukku |
LC |
|
|
IX. ORDER ANABANTIFORMES |
||||||
|
22. Family Anabantidae |
||||||
|
119 |
Climbing Perch |
Anabas testudineus |
(Bloch, 1792) |
Goraka Chepa |
LC |
|
|
23. Family Osphronemidae |
||||||
|
120 |
Giant Gourami |
Osphronemus goramy* |
Lacepède, 1801 |
Gourami |
|
|
|
121 |
Dwarf Gourami18 |
Trichogaster lalius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Chinna Gourami |
LC |
|
|
122 |
Banded Gourami |
Trichogaster fasciata |
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
Raika-punjee |
LC |
|
|
24. Family Channidae |
||||||
|
123 |
Dwarf Snakehead |
Channa gachua |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Erra Matta |
LC |
|
|
124 |
Great Snakehead |
Channa marulius |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Poola Matta |
LC |
|
|
125 |
Spotted Snakehead |
Channa punctata |
(Bloch, 1793) |
Matta |
LC |
|
|
126 |
Striped Snakehead |
Channa striata |
(Bloch, 1793) |
Koramata |
LC |
|
|
25. Family Nandidae |
||||||
|
127 |
Gangetic Leaffish |
Nandus nandus |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Pindiperka |
LC |
|
|
26. Family Badidae |
||||||
|
128 |
Badis19 |
Badis badis |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Kundala |
LC |
|
|
X. ORDER CICHLIFORMES |
||||||
|
27. Family Cichlidae` |
||||||
|
129 |
Pearlspot |
Etroplus suratensis |
(Bloch, 1790) |
Duvvena-chepa |
LC |
IN & SL |
|
130 |
Mozambique Tilapia |
Oreochromis mossambicus* |
(Peters, 1852) |
Jilebi |
|
|
|
131 |
Nile Tilapia |
Oreochromis niloticus* |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Tilapia |
|
|
|
132 |
Orange Chromide |
Pseudetroplus maculatus |
(Bloch, 1795) |
Burakasu |
LC |
PI & SL |
|
XI. ORDER CYPRINODONTIFORMES |
||||||
|
28. Family Aplocheilidae |
||||||
|
133 |
Striped Panchax |
Aplocheilus lineatus |
(Valenciennes, 1846) |
Minnow Chepa |
LC |
IN |
|
134 |
Blue Panchax |
Aplocheilus panchax |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Minnow Chepa |
LC |
|
|
29. Family Poeciliidae |
||||||
|
135 |
Mosquito Fish |
Gambusia affinis* |
(Baird & Girard, 1853) |
Gambusia |
|
|
|
136 |
Guppy |
Poecilia reticulata* |
Peters, 1859 |
Guppy Cheppa |
|
|
|
XII. ORDER BELONIFORMES |
||||||
|
30. Family Belonidae |
||||||
|
137 |
Freshwater Garfish |
Xenentodon cancila |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Vadla-mukku |
LC |
|
|
31. Family Hemiramphidae |
||||||
|
138 |
Congaturi Halfbeak |
Hyporhamphus limbatus |
(Valenciennes, 1847) |
Konga-mukku |
LC |
|
|
32. Family Adrianichthyidae |
||||||
|
139 |
Rice Fish |
Oryzias dancena |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Chukku-chepa |
LC |
|
|
XIII. ORDER MUGILIFORMES |
||||||
|
33. Family Mugilidae |
||||||
|
140 |
Corsula |
Rhinomugil corsula |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Pai-kalla Chepa |
LC |
|
|
XIV. ORDER PERCIFORMES |
||||||
|
34. Family Ambassidae |
||||||
|
141 |
Elongate Glass-perchlet |
Chanda nama |
Hamilton, 1822 |
Sarawara |
LC |
|
|
142 |
Highfin Glassy-perchlet |
Parambassis lala |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
|
NT |
|
|
143 |
Indian Glassy Fish |
Parambassis ranga |
(Hamilton, 1822) |
Sarawa |
LC |
|
DD—Data Deficient |
EN—Endangered | LC—Least Concern | NE—Not Evaluated | NT—Near Threatened |
VU—Vulnerable | BD—Bangladesh | IN—India | MM—Myanmar | PI—Peninsular India |
SL—Sri Lanka | TS—Telangana State | *—Introduced / exotic species
1Known from
Udayasamudram Reservoir, Nalgonda District (R. Shyamsundar pers. comm.)
2Known from Talai near
Bejjur, Komaram Bheem Asifabad District (present study)
3Known from Komaram
Bheem Asifabad District (Prasad et al. 2020c)
4Known from the type
locality- Maisamma Loddi, In Kawal Tiger Reserve, Mancheriyal District (Prasad
et al. 2020b)
5Known from Srisailam
Reservoir, Nagarkurnool District (Jayaram 1995)
6Known from Jamkhandi
to Lingalagattu and up to Nagarjunasagar Reservoir (Jayaram 1995)
7Known from Nizam
Sagar Reservoir, Kamareddy District (Barman 1993)
8Known from Godavari
River flowing through Bhadradri Kothagudem District (Barman 1993)
9Known from Krishna
River between Rekulampally to Nagarjunasagar Dam (Jayaram 1995)
10Known from Godavari
River, Peddapalli district and Nizam Sagar Reservoir, Kamareddy District
(Barman 1993)
11Known from Krishna
River (no exact location known, vide David 1963a), and Bejjur, Komaram Bheem
Asifabad District (present study)
12Known from Krishna
River between Rekulampally to Srisailam Dam (Jayaram 1995), and Hyderabad
environs (Chandrasekhar 2004)
13Known from Janampeta
and Koil Sagar Reservoir in Mahbubnagar District (Barman 1993, 2003)
14Known from Krishna
River between Jamkhandi to Lingalagattu (Jayaram 1995)
15Known from type
locality - Talai near Bejjur, Komaram Bheem Asifabad District (Lal et al. 2017;
present study)
16Known from
Nagarjunasagar Reservoir, Krishna River in Nalgonda District (Dwivedi et al.
2017)
17Known from Phulang
River, Nizamabad District (Barman 1993)
18Known from Pocharam
Lake, Medak district and Molachintalpally, Nagarkurnool District (present
study)
19Known only from
Manjeera Reservoir (Prasad & Srinivasulu 2019b, Prasad et al. 2020a), and
Wardha River, Komaram Bheem Asifabad District (present study)
Table 2. Doubtful
species removed from the final list of fishes known from Telangana State,
India.
|
Family |
Order |
Species |
Reason |
Reference |
|
Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 |
On the eastern side
of Indian peninsula, this species is known only from the coastal areas |
Pike et al. (2019) |
|
Beloniformes |
Adrianichthyidae |
Oryzias melastigma (McClelland, 1839) |
This species is
known only from Wyanad in Kerala and along east coast of India from Tamil
Nadu to West Bengal |
Abraham (2011d) |
|
Cypriniformes |
Hemiraphidae |
Hyporhamphus
xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) |
This species is
endemic to the lakes of southern Kerala, Western Ghats |
Shaji (2011) |
|
Cobitidae |
Lepidocephalichthys
berdmorei (Blyth, 1860) |
This species is
known only from Irrawaddy drainage in Manipur |
Daniels &
Dahanukar (2020) |
|
|
|
Bangana diplostomus
(Heckel, 1838) |
This species is
known from Indus & Gangetic drainages in northern India and Pakistan |
Vishwanath (2010a) |
|
|
Cyprinidae |
Garra lamta (Hamilton, 1822) |
Reports of this
species from southern India needs verification |
Singh (2010) |
|
|
Garra mcclellandi (Jerdon, 1849) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka |
Dahanukar (2011b) |
||
|
Haludaria
melanampyx (Day, 1865) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from Kerala and Karnataka |
Abraham (2015) |
||
|
Hypselobarbus
dobsoni (Day, 1876) |
Taxonomic
uncertainty. This species is endemic to Western Ghats, known from Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Maharashtra, and Karnataka |
Devi et al. (2005),
Raghavan & Ali (2011b) |
||
|
Labeo dussumieri (Valenciennes,
1842) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from southern Kerala |
Raghavan & Ali
(2011c) |
||
|
Labeo dyocheilus (McClelland, 1839) |
This species is
restricted to the Gangetic Plains and along the Himalayas in Assam, Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and Bihar |
Dahanukar (2010b) |
||
|
Labeo kontius (Jerdon, 1849) |
This species is
restricted to the Cauveri river and its tributaries |
Manimekalan (2011) |
||
|
Labeo
microphthalmus Day, 1877 |
This species is
restricted to Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand |
Dahanukar (2010c) |
||
|
Labeo nigrescens Day, 1870 |
This species is
restricted to Kerala and Karnataka |
John & John
(2004) |
||
|
Osteobrama
belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844) |
Presently O.
belangeri is known only from Myanmar |
Vishwanath (2010b) |
||
|
Osteobrama cotio (Hamilton, 1822) |
All earlier records
(Rahimullah 1943a,b, 1944; Mahmood & Rahimullah 1947; Barman 1993;
Jayaram 1995; Prasad et al. 2020) assigned to this taxon are considered as Osteobrama
peninsularis due to recent taxonomic changes recognizing specific status
of taxa cunma and peninsularis, earlier considered subspecies
of Osteobrama cotio |
Rahman et al.
(2018) |
||
|
Osteobrama cunma (Day, 1888) |
See above remarks.
All earlier records (Rahimullah 1943a,b, 1944; Mahmood & Rahimullah 1947;
Barman 1993; Jayaram 1995) assigned to O. peninsularis. Presently O.
cunma is known only from northeast India and Myanmar |
Vishwanath (2010c) |
||
|
Osteochilus nashii |
This species is
restricted to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Earlier records
of this taxon from Godavari and Krishna river basins could possibly represent
Osteochilichthys godavariensis Babu Rao, 1977 |
Ali et al. (2011) |
||
|
Pethia stoliczkana (Day, 1871) |
This species is
currently treated as restricted to Chindwin in Manipur, India and Myanmar and
extends in range to Thailand and Laos |
Dahanukar (2015) |
||
|
Puntius parrah Day, 1865 |
This species is
restricted to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. |
Abraham (2011e) |
||
|
Puntius terio (Hamilton 1822) |
This species’
occurrence in Hyderabad needs validation, as this species occurs in Uttar
Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Bihar, and Manipur |
Dahanukar (2010a) |
||
|
Danionidae |
Amblypharyngodon
microlepis (Bleeker, 1853) |
The records of this
species from Andhra Pradesh comes from literature that reports its presence
from Kadapa district with no exact location mentioned. |
Barman (1993) |
|
|
Cypriniformes |
|
Amblypharyngodon
melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844) |
This species is
distributed along the coastal water bodies in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil
Nadu |
Abraham (2011a) |
|
Bengala elanga (Hamilton, 1822) |
This species is
restricted to West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh |
Vishwanath (2018) |
||
|
Devario malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) |
This species is
restricted to Western Ghats, known from Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra, and Kerala, and Sri Lanka |
Raghavan et al.
(2019) |
||
|
Opsarius bakeri (Day, 1865) |
This species is
restricted to Western Ghats, known from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala |
Dahanukar (2011a) |
||
|
Rasbora caverii (Jerdon, 1849) |
Although, Barman
(1993) mention collection of this taxon from Kalwala Reservoir, Karimnagar
district, we discount this record as it could be misidentified Rasbora
species, as the lateral line scales of the specimens are mentioned as 32,
while Rasbora caverii has 36 to 37 lateral line scales |
|
||
|
Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus
anguilla Annandale, 1919 |
This species is
restricted to Western Ghats, known from Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala |
Ali & Raghavan
(2011) |
|
|
|
Schistura striata (Day, 1867) |
This species is
restricted to Western Ghats, known from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala |
Abraham (2011b) |
|
|
Gobiiformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) |
This species is
known from the coastal areas of India |
Larson (2019) |
|
Siluriformes |
Ailiidae |
Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822) |
This species does
not occur in Godavari and Krishna river drainages, and occurs in northern
river drainages in India |
Ng & Dahanukar
(2011) |
|
Eutropiichthys
vacha (Hamilton, 1822) |
This species does
not occur in Godavari and Krishna river drainages, and occurs in Ganges and
Mahanadi river drainages |
Ng (2010a) |
||
|
Bagridae |
Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822) |
This species is
known from the Brahmaputra, Ganges and Mahanadi river drainages in India,
Nepal, and Bangladesh |
Ng (2010b) |
|
|
Hemibagrus
microphthalmus (Day, 1877) |
This species is
known from the Irrawaddy, Sittang, and Salween river drainages in northeast
India |
Ng (2010c) |
||
|
Hemibagrus
punctatus (Jerdon, 1849) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka |
Raghavan & Ali
(2011a) |
||
|
Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, and
Karnataka |
Abraham (2011c) |
||
|
Mystus montanus (Jerdon, 1849) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka |
Dahanukar (2011c) |
||
|
Rita chrysea Day, 1877 |
This species is
restricted to Mahanadi river drainage, known from Odisha and Chhattisgarh |
Dahanukar (2010d) |
||
|
Clariidae |
Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Due to recent
taxonomic change this species has been restricted in distribution to Java,
Indonesia, while the nomen Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) has been
applied to this taxon occurring in Indian subcontinent. Hence, the nomen is
not applicable to India |
Ng & Kottelat
(2008) |
|
|
Horabagridae |
Pachypterus
atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) |
Although it is
opined that the species may be probably extant in Telangana State, no
confirmed record exists |
Ng (2010d) |
|
|
Siluridae |
Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes,
1840) |
This species is
endemic to the Indian peninsula with its distribution ranging in Maharashtra,
Goa and Karnataka and Kerala along the Western Ghats mountain range |
Jayaram (2010) |
|
|
Gogangra
viridescens (Hamilton, 1822) |
This species is
known from the Ganges and Brahmaputra river drainages in India and Nepal |
Ng (2010e) |
||
|
Synbranchiformes |
Mastacembelidae |
Macrognathus
guentheri (Day, 1865) |
This species is
endemic to Western Ghats, known from Kerala |
Dahanukar (2011d) |
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