Sl. No. |
Common name |
Scientific name |
Local name |
Size |
Photo |
1 |
Indian long-fin eel |
Anguilla bengalensis |
vlanjil |
60-120 cm |
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2 |
Indian short-fin eel |
Anguilla bicolor |
vella vlanjil |
6-90 cm |
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3 |
Swamp Eel
|
Monopterus albus |
Chuvappu vlanjil |
|
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4 |
Kolus |
Gonoproktopterus kolus |
koorel or kurel |
10-14 inches |
 |
5 |
Katli or copper mahseer |
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis |
katti |
|
|
6 |
NA |
Labeo dussumieri |
tooli or pullen |
10-13 inches |
 |
7 |
Ember barb, melon barb, or tiger barb |
Puntius fasciatus |
NA |
2-4 cm |
|
8 |
Peninsular olive barb |
Puntius sarana subnasutus |
kuruva |
5-11 inches |
 |
9 |
Spot fin barb |
Puntius sophore |
parel or kaipu |
7-10 cm |
 |
10 |
Ticto barb or fire fin barb |
Puntius ticto |
vatta or vattakaipu |
3-7 cm |
|
11 |
Kooli barb |
Puntius vittatus |
choondakaipu or vattathali |
|
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12 |
Deccan mahseer (?) |
Tor khudree |
kuyil |
|
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13 |
Malabar danio |
Danio aequipinnatus |
vilinjil or thuppalkothi |
5-10 cm |
 |
14 |
Indian glass barb or winged danio |
Chela laubuca |
mathiparal |
3-5 cm |
|
15 |
Blackline rasbora |
Parluciosoma daniconius |
kaniyan kaippu or thuppelukothi |
7-10 cm |
 |
16 |
NA |
NA |
chuttiparal or puvali kaippu |
|
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17 |
NA |
NA |
vayambu |
4-6 cm |
|
18 |
gotyla or Nilgiris garra |
Garra gotyla stenorhynchus |
kallelpatti or kallenakki |
8-12 cm |
 |
19 |
Malabar loach or ricefield loach |
Lepidocephalichthhys thermalis |
ayra |
3-6 cm |
 |
20 |
Long whiskered catfish (?) |
Mystus gulio |
NA |
7-8 inches |
|
21 |
Striped dwarf catfish |
Mystus montanus |
chillan koori |
7-12 cm |
 |
22 |
Yellow catfish |
Horabagrus brachysoma |
aettakuri or yetta koory |
10-22 cm |
 |
23 |
Indian butter-catfish |
Ompok malabarius |
thottuwala or dharmen |
25-30 cm |
 |
24 |
Shark catfish |
Wallago attu |
wala |
6--110 cm |
 |
24 |
Magur or Indian walking catfish |
Clarias batrachus |
mushi or naden mushi |
20-35 cm |
|
25 |
Stinging catfish |
Heteropneustes fossilis |
kari |
20-35 cm |
 |
26 |
Congaturi halfbeak |
Hyporhamphus limbatus |
moresh |
15-25 cm |
 |
27 |
Freshwater garfish |
Xenantodon concila |
kola |
15-30 cm |
|
28 |
Tiger panchax or Malabar killie |
Aplocheilus lineatus |
poonjan or nanathukanni |
4-8 cm |
 |
29 |
Indian glassy fish or glass fish |
Pseudambassis ranga |
mulli |
4-12 cm |
 |
30 |
Mottled nandus or leaf-fish |
Nandus nandus |
muthukkila |
6-13 cm |
 |
31 |
Orange chromide or spotted etroplus |
Etroplus maculates |
pallathi |
5-8 cm |
 |
32 |
Pearlspot or striped chromide |
Etroplus suratensis |
karimeen |
10-20 cm |
 |
33 |
Goby, tank goby or bar-eyed goby |
Glossogobius giurus |
poolon or kaithavaral |
15-25 cm |
|
34 |
Climbing perch |
Anabas testudineus |
kallemutti |
10-15 cm |
 |
35 |
NA |
NA |
chempalli |
10-15 cm |
|
36 |
Indian paradise fish, Indian fighter |
Macropodus cupanus |
kallikaratti |
2-3.5 cm |
 |
37 |
Puffer fish |
NA |
attupongu |
1-2 cm |
 |
38 |
Great bulleye or Indian snakehead |
Channa marulis comolex |
pulivaka or pulivaha |
upto 120 cm |
|
39 |
NA |
Channa marulis |
vakameen or vahavaral |
upto 120 cm |
 |
40 |
Cobra snakehead or giant snakehead |
Channa marulis ssp. |
chaeruvaral or chaerumeen |
more than 120 cm |
 |
41 |
Asiatic snakehead or dwarf snakehead |
Channa orientalis |
mattan, vattan or kattumattan |
5-12 cm |
 |
42 |
Striped or banded snakehead |
Channa striata |
varal |
20-50 cm |
 |
43 |
Tire-track spiny eel, white-spotted spiny eel or marbled spiny eel |
Mastacembelus armatus |
panayaraken |
45-90 cm |
 |
44 |
NA |
NA |
thondiyaraken, manalaraken or chumannareken |
15-25 cm |
|
45 |
Catla* |
Catla catla |
|
|
|
46 |
Rohu* |
Labeo rohita |
|
|
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47 |
Common carp* |
Cyprinus sp. ?? |
|
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48 |
Mrigal* |
NA |
|
|
|
49 |
Grass carp* |
NA |
|
|
|
50 |
NA |
Labio fibriatus* |
|
|
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51 |
Giant gourami* |
NA |
|
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52 |
African catfish* |
NA |
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* - Introduced |
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