| CHECKLIST OF ICHTHYOFAUNA (FISHES) IN THE TINAU RIVER, NEPAL By: Chhatra Mani Sharma, 1996 ORDER: CLUPEIFORMES FAMILY: NOTOPTERIDAE Genus: Notopterus (Lacepede 1800) 1. Notopterus notopterus ORDER: CYPRINIFORMES FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE Genus: Acrossocheilus Osima, 1919 or Neolissocheilus Rainboth 1985. 2. *Acrossocheilus hexagonolepis (Mc Clelland) 1939. Genus: Barilius Hamilton 1822. 3. B. barila (Hamilton) 1822 4. B. bendelisis Var. Chedra (Hamilton) 1822 5. *B. bola (Hamilton) 1822 6. B. vagra (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Cirrhinus Oken 1817 7. C. reba (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Danio Hamilton 1822 8. D. devario (Hamilton) 1822 9. D. rerio (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Esomus Swainson 1839 10. E. dandricus (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Garra Hamilton 1822 11. G. annandalei (Hora) 1921 12. G. gotyla (Gray) 1832 Genus: Labeo Cuvier 1817 13. *Labeo angra (Hamilton) 1882 Genus: Oxygaster Van Hesselt 1823 or Salmostoma Swainson 1839 14. O. bacaila (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Puntius Hamilton 1822 15. P. chilinoids (Mc Clelland) 1839 16. P. conchonius (Hamilton) 1822 17. P. sophore (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Tor Gray 1833-34 18. *T. putitora (Hamilton) 1822 19. T. tor (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Psilorhynchus Mc Clelland 1839 20. P. pseudecheneis Menon and Dutta 1961 21. P. sucatio (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Schizothorax Heckel 1838 22. S. plagiostomus Heckel 1838 Genus: Schizothoraichthys Mishra 1859 or Schizopygel Heckel 1843 23. S. esocinus (Heckel) 1838 FAMILY: COBITIDAE Genus: Botia Gray 1831 24. B. lohachata Chaudhuri 1912 Genus: Lepidocephalichthys Bleeker 1863 25. L. guntea (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Noemacheilus Van Hesselt 1823 26. N. beavani Gunther 1868 27. N. botia (Hamilton) 1822 28. N. rupicola (Mc Clelland) 1839 FAMILY: AMBLYCIPIDAE Genus: Ambliceps Blyth 1858 29. *Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton) 1822 FAMILY: BAGRIDAE Genus: Mystus Scopoli 1777 30. M. bleekeri (Day) 1878 FAMILY: SISORIDAE Genus: Bagarius Bleeker 1853 31. *Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton) 1822 Genus: Glyptothorax Blyth 1860 32. G. pectinopterus (Mc Clelland) 1842 FAMILY: SCHILBEIDAE Genus: Pseudeutropius Bleeker 1862 33. P. atherinoides Bloch 1794 FAMILY: SACCOBRANCHIDAE Genus: Heteropneustes Muller 1840 34. H. fossilis (Bloch) 1785 FAMILY: CLARIDAE Genus: Clarius Scopoli 1777 35. C. batrachus (Linnaeus) 1758 ORDER: CHANNIFORMES FAMILY: CHANNIDAE Genus: Channa Scopoli 1777 36. C. gachua (Hamilton) 1822 ORDER: PERCIFORMES FAMILY: NANDIDAE Genus: Nandus Valenciennes 1831 37. N. nandus (Hamilton) 1822 FAMILY: GOBIIDAE Genus: Glossogobius Gill 1859 38. G. giuris (Hamilton) 1822 ORDER: MASTACEMBELIFORMES FAMILY: MASTACEMBELIDAE Genus: Macrognathus Lacepede 1800 39. M. aculeatus (Bloch) 1787 Genus: Mastacembelus Scopoli 1777 40. M. armatus (Lacepede) 1800 41. M. pancalus (Hamilton) 1822 * means the fish species reported by Shrestha (1981) and local fishermen. |
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| Barilius barila |
| Barilius bendelisis |
| Barilius vagra |
| Cirrhinus reba |
| Danio devario |
| Danio rerio |
| Esomus dandricus |
| Garra gotyla |
| Oxygaster bacaila |
| Puntius chilinoids |
| Puntius conchonius |
| Puntius sophore |
| Tor tor |
| Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis |
| Psilorhynchus sucatio |
| Schizothorax plagiostomus |
| Schizothoraichthys esocinus |
| Botia lohachata |
| Lepidocephalichthys guntea |
| Noemacheilus beavani |
| Noemacheilus botia |
| Mystus bleekeri |
| Glyptothorax pectinopterus |
| Pseudeutropius atherinoides |
| Clarius batrachus |
| Channa gachua |
| Nandus nandus |
| Glossogobius giuris |
| Macrognathus aculeatus |
| Mastacembelus armatus |
| Mastacembelus pancalus |
| Notopterus notopterus |
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