Chordata : Pisces

(FRESH WATER FISH )

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Phylum :Chordata

Sub phylum :Vertebrata

Class :Osteichthyes

Orders :Angulliformes

Family :Anguillidae

  1. Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray & Hardw)

Distribution : Matla river system

Family :Moringuidae

  1. Moringua raitaborua (Ham)

Distribution : Matla & Bidyadhari river

Family :Ophichthidae

  1. Pisodonophis boro (Ham.)

Distribution :Sunderban, Matla & Bidyadhari

Order :Atheriniformes

Family :Belonidae

  1. Xenentodon cancila Hamilton

Distribution : Hooghly & Maltla river system

Family :Cyprinodontidae

  1. Aplochelius panchax (Hamilton)

Distribution : Fresh & Brackish waters of West Bengal

  1. Gambusia affinis patruelis (Baird & Girad)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Oryzias melanostigma (McClellard)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

Order :Clupeiformes

Family :Clupeidae

  1. Corica soborna Ham.

Distribution : Hooghly river system

  1. Goniolosa manmina Ham.

Distribution : Hooghly river system

  1. Gudusia chapra (Ham.)

Distribution :Throughout West Bengal

  1. Hilsa ilisha (Ham.)

Distribution :Hooghly river system

Order :Cypriniformes

Family :Cyprinidae

  1. Chela (chela) cachius (Ham.)

Distribution : Damodar & Rupnarayan river

  1. Chela (Chela) laubuca (Ham.)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Salmostoma bacaila (Ham.)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Salmostoma phulo phulo (Ham.)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Salmostoma sardinella (Val.)

Distribution : Hooghly river system

  1. Securicula gora (Ham.)

Distribution : Damodar River

Subfamily :Hypohthalmichthyinae

  1. Hypohthalmicthys molitrix (Val.)

Distribution : Cultured throughout West Bengal

Subfamily :Rasborinae

  1. Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Aspidoparia jaya (Ham.)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Aspidoparia morar (Ham.)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Barilus barila Hamilton (Hamilton)

Distribution : Mahananda & Tista River

  1. Barilus bendelisis bendelisis Hamilton

Distribution : Mahananda & Tista River

  1. Barilus bola (Hamilton)

Distribution : North Bengal

  1. Barilus tileo (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hill streams

  1. Barilus vagra vagra (Hamilton)

Distribution : Small hill streams

  1. Danio (Brachydanio) rerio (Hamilton)

Distribution :Throughout West Bengal

  1. Danio (Danio) aequipinnatus (McClelland)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Danio (Danio) dangila (Hamilton)

Distribution : Damodar river system

  1. Danio (Danio) devario (Hamilton)

Distribution : Damodar,Jayanti &Ajoy river system

  1. Esomus danricus (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Rasbora daniconius daniconius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Mahananda, Darakeswar & Rupnarayanpur river system.

  1. Rasbora elanga (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hooghly river system

  1. Rasobra rasobra (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

Subfamily :Cyprininae

  1. Acrossochelius hexagonolepis (McClelland)

Distribution : Darjiling Dist

  1. Catla catla (Hamilton)

Distribution : Cultured throughout West Bengal

  1. Chagunius chagunio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling

  1. Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton)

Distribution : Cultured throughout West Bengal

  1. Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly river system

  1. Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal (Introduced)

  1. Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus

Distribution : Throughout the State (Introduced)

  1. Labeo fimbriatus (Blotch)

Distribution : Foot-hills of N.Bengal

  1. Labeo bata (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly & Damodar river

  1. Labeo boga (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling & Siliguri

  1. Labeo calbasu (Hamilton)

Distribution :Hoogly river System

  1. Labeo dero (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Labeo gonius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist

  1. Labeo nandina (Ham.)

Distribution : Damodar & Hoogly river

  1. Labeo pangusia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Streams of duars & Terai

  1. Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Osteobrama cotio cotio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Puntius chola (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Puntius conchonius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Puntius dukai (Day)

Distribution : Tista river system

  1. Puntius gelius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Matla river system

  1. Puntius guganio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Gangetic belt

  1. Puntius phutunio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Panchenai river

  1. Puntius sarana sarana (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly, Mahananda & Damodar

  1. Puntius sophore (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West bengal

  1. Puntius terio (Hamilton)

Distribution : North Bengal

  1. Puntius ticto ticto (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West bengal

  1. Tor putitora (Hamilton)

Distribution : Mahananda River system

  1. Tor tor (Hamilton)

Distribution : Mahananda & Tista River system

Subfamily :Garrinae

  1. Crossocheilus latius latius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Tista river

  1. Garra annandalei Hora

Distribution :Darjiling Dist.

  1. Garra gotyla gotyla (Gray)

Distribution : Tista ,Mahananda & Darakeswar river

  1. Garra lamta (Ham.)

Distribution : Darjiling Dist.

  1. Garra mullya (Sykes)

Distribution : Mahananda & Tista river

Family : Psilorhynchidae

  1. Psilorhynchus balitora (Hamilton)

Distribution :Darjiling & Jalpaiguri

  1. Psilorhynchus sucatio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling Dist.

Family :Homalopteridae

Subfamily : Noemacheilinae

  1. Noemacheilus bevani Gunther

Distribution :Darjiling (Mahananda & Tista).

  1. Aborichthys elongatus Hora

Distribution : Tista river

  1. Noemacheilus botia botia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjeelig dist.

  1. Noemacheilus corica (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Noemacheilus devdevi Hora

Distribution : All stream below Darjiling

  1. Noemacheilus multifasciatus Day

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Noemacheilus rupicola inglisi Hora

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Noemacheilus rupicola rupicola (McCld.)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Noemacheilus savona (Hamilton)

Distribution : Tista river system

  1. Noemacheilus scaturigina (McClellard)

Distribution : Hill -streams

  1. Noemacheilus shebbeari Hora

Distribution : Tista river.

  1. Noemacheilus zonatus (McClellard)

Distribution : Darjiling dist

Subfamily : Homalopterinae

  1. Balitora brucei Gray

Distribution : Tista river

  1. Balitora maculata Gray

Distribution : Tista river

Family :Cobitidae

Subfamily :Cobitinae

  1. Acanthopthalamus pangia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling Dist.

  1. Lepidocephalus (L) annandalei Chaudhuri

Distribution : Small hill-stream

  1. Lepidocephalus (L) quntea (Hamilton)

Distribution : Mahananda, Tista & Hooghly

  1. Somileptes gongota (Hamilton)

Distribution : Tista, Jayanti and Mahananda

Subfamily : Botiinae

  1. Botia (Botia) dario (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hill streams

  1. Botia (Botia) rostrata Gunther

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

Order :Osteoglossiformes

Family :Notopteridae

  1. Notopterus chitala (Ham.)

Distribution : Hooghly river system

  1. Notopterus notopterus (Pallas)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

Family :

  1. Aorichthyes seenghala (Sykes)

Distribution : Large rivers of the state.

Order :Siluriformes

Family :Ariidae

  1. Arius arius (Hamilton)

Distribution :

  1. Arius gagora Hamilton

Distribution : Hoogly Estuary

Family :Bagridae

  1. Aorichthyes seenghala (Sykes)

Distribution : Large river of the states.

  1. Aorichthyes aor (Hamilton)

Distribution :Large rivers of the state

  1. Batasio batasio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Tista river

  1. Batasio tengana (Hamilton)

Distribution : Tista river.

  1. Chandramara chandramara (Hamilton)

Distribution : North Bengal

  1. Mytus bleekeri (Day)

Distribution :Throughout West Bengal

  1. Mytus cavasius (Day)

Distribution : Hoogly river

  1. Mytus gulio (Hamilton)

Distribution : Estuaries, seas & tidal water of W.Bengal

  1. Mytus menoda menoda (Ham.)

Distribution : Mahananda River

  1. Mytus tengara (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Mytus vittatus (Bloch)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Rita rita (Hamilton)

Distribution :Mahananda & Tista river

Family :Clariidae

  1. Clarius batrachus (Linnaeus)

Distribution : Hoogly river system

Family :Heteropneustidae

  1. Chaca chaca Hamilton

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Distribution : Hoogly

Family : Amblycipitidae

  1. Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton)

Distribution : Tista river

Family : Olyridae

  1. Olyra kempi Chaudhuri

Distribution :Darjiling dist.

  1. Olyra longicaudata McClellard

Distribution :Darjiling dist.

Family : Pangasiidae

  1. Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Estuaries of West Bengal

Family :Plotosidae

  1. Plotosus canius Hamilton

Distribution : Hoogly & Matla river

Family :Schilbeidae

  1. Ailia coila (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hooghly & Malta river system

  1. Clupisoma garua (Ham.)

Distribution : Jalangi & Bhabirathi river

  1. Clupisoma prateri Hora

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Eutropiichthys murius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Big river & tgributaries of the state

  1. Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly river system.

  1. Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch)

Distribution : Hoogly & Malta River

  1. Silonia silondia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hooghly river system

Family :Siluridae

  1. Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch)

Distribution : Hoogly, Damodar & Bhagirathi river

  1. Ompok pabda (Hamilton.)

Distribution : Hoogly, Damodar & Bhagirathi river

  1. Ompok pabo (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly, Damodar & Bhagirathi river

  1. Wallago attu (Schneider)

Distribution : Hoogly, Damodar & Bhagirathi river

Family :Sisoridae

  1. Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton.)

Distribution : Hoogly river

  1. Conta conta (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling district

  1. Conta elongata (Day)

Distribution : Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar

  1. Erethistes pussilus Muller & Troschel

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Erethistiodes montana montana Hora

Distribution : Darjiling dist

  1. Euchiloglanis hodgarti (Hora)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Gagata cenia (Ham.)

Distribution : North Bengal

  1. Gagata gagata (Ham.)

Distribution : North Bengal

  1. Glyptothorax cavia (Ham.)

Distribution : Darjiling dist

  1. Glyptothorax conirostrae conirostrae (Stend.)

Distribution : Mahananda, Siliguri

  1. Glyptothorax horai Shaw & Shebbeare

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Glyptothorax telchitta telchitta (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Hara hara (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Hara horai Misra

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Hara jerdoni (Day)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Pseudecheneis sulcatus (McClellard)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Sisor rhabdophorus Hamilton

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

Super order :Acanthopterygii

Orders :Channiformes

Family :Channidae

  1. Channa barca (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

  1. Channa marulius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly river system

  1. Channa orientalis (Schneider)

Distribution : All rivers of West Bengal

  1. Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Distribution : All rivers of West Bengal

  1. Channa stewartii (Playfair)

Distribution : Hoogly & Matla river system

  1. Channa striatus (Bloch)

Distribution : Hoogly, Damodar & Bhagirathi river system

Order :Gasterosteiformes

Family :Syngnathidae

  1. Dorichthys deocata (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling dist.

Order :Mastacembeliformes

Family :Mastacembelidae

  1. Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Mastacembeles pancalus (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly, Mahanada & Tista river system

  1. Mastacembelus armatus armatus Lac.

Distribution : Hoogly & Bhagirathi river systems.

Order :Peciformes

Family :Belontidae

  1. Colisa fasciata (Schneider)

Distribution : Hoogly, Bhagirathi & Damodar

  1. Colisa lalius (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hooghly & Bhagirathi river system

  1. Ctenops nobilis McClellard

Distribution : Small streams & tributaries

Family :Centropomidae

  1. Lates calcarifer (Bloch)

Distribution : Hoogly & Matla estuaries

Family :Chandidae

  1. Chanda nama (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly, Mahananda & Punarbhaba

  1. Chanda ranga (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly, Mahananda & Punarbhaba

Family :Cichlidae

  1. Oreochromis mossambica (Peters)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

Family :Gobiidae

  1. Anabas testudineus (Bloch)

Distribution : All rivers of West Bengal

Family :Mugilidae

  1. Liza parsia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal

  1. Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hoogly & Matla River

  1. Sicamugli cascasia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Hooghly & sunderban comples estuarine zone

Family :Nandidae

  1. Badis badis (Hamilton)

Distribution : Not found commonly in W.Bengal

  1. Nandus nandus (Hamilton)

Distribution : Damodar, Hoogly & Bhagirathi

Family :Polynemidae

  1. Glossogobius giuris giuris (Hamilton)

Distribution : Damodar, Hoogly & Bhagirathi River

  1. Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus

Distribution : Hoogly & Matla estuary

Order :Symbranchiformes

Family :Symbranchidae

  1. Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton)

Distribution : Darjiling district & Sunderban estuaries

  1. Ophisternon bengalensis McClellard

Distribution : Sunderban estuaries

Order :Tetraodontiformes

Family :Tetraodontidae

  1. Mastacembelus armatus armatus Hamilton

Distribution : Hoogly & Mahanada.

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