| Indian long-fin eel | Anguilla bengalensis | vlanjil | 60-120 cm |  |
| Indian short-fin eel | Anguilla bicolor | vella vlanjil | 6-90 cm |  |
| Swamp Eel | Monopterus albus | Chuvappu vlanjil | |  |
| Kolus | Gonoproktopterus kolus | koorel or kurel | 10-14 inches |  |
| Katli or copper mahseer | Neolissochilus hexagonolepis | katti | tooli or pullen | |
| NA | Labeo dussumieri | tooli or pullen | 10-13 inches |  |
| Ember barb, melon barb, or tiger barb | Puntius fasciatus | NA | 2-4 cm | |
| Peninsular olive barb | Puntius sarana subnasutus | kuruva | 5-11 inches |  |
| Spot fin barb | Puntius sophore | parel or kaipu | 7-10 cm |  |
| Ticto barb or fire fin barb | Puntius ticto | vatta or vattakaipu | 3-7 cm | |
| Kooli barb | Puntius vittatus | choondakaipu or vattathali | | |
| Deccan mahseer (?) | Tor khudree | kuyil | | |
| Malabar danio | Danio aequipinnatus | vilinjil or thuppalkothi | 5-10 cm |  |
| Indian glass barb or winged danio | Chela laubuca | mathiparal | 3-5 cm | |
| Blackline rasbora | Parluciosoma daniconius | kaniyan kaippu or thuppelukothi | 7-10 cm | |
| NA | NA | chuttiparal or puvali kaippu | | |
| NA | NA | vayambu | 4-6 cm | |
| gotyla or Nilgiris garra | Garra gotyla stenorhynchus | kallelpatti or kallenakki | 8-12 cm |  |
| Malabar loach or ricefield loach | Lepidocephalichthhys thermalis | ayra | 3-6 cm |  |
| Long whiskered catfish (?) | Mystus gulio | NA | 7-8 inches | |
| Striped dwarf catfish | Mystus montanus | chillan koori | 7-12 cm |  |
| Yellow catfish | Horabagrus brachysoma | aettakuri or yetta koory | 10-22 cm |  |
| Indian butter-catfish | Ompok malabarius | thottuwala or dharmen | 25-30 cm |  |
| Shark catfish | Wallago attu | wala | 6--110 cm |  |
| Magur or Indian walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | mushi or naden mushi | 20-35 cm | |
| Stinging catfish | Heteropneustes fossilis | kari | 20-35 cm |  |
| Congaturi halfbeak | Hyporhamphus limbatus | moresh | 15-25 cm |  |
| Freshwater garfish | Xenantodon concila | kola | 15-30 cm | |
| Tiger panchax or Malabar killie | Aplocheilus lineatus | poonjan or nanathukanni | 4-8 cm |  |
| Indian glassy fish or glass fish | Pseudambassis ranga | mulli | 4-12 cm |  |
| Mottled nandus or leaf-fish | Nandus nandus | muthukkila | 6-13 cm |  |
| Orange chromide or spotted etroplus | Etroplus maculates | pallathi | 5-8 cm |  |
| Pearlspot or striped chromide | Etroplus suratensis | karimeen | 10-20 cm |  |
| Goby, tank goby or bar-eyed goby | Glossogobius giurus | poolon or kaithavaral | 15-25 cm | |
| Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus | kallemutti | 10-15 cm |  |
| NA | NA | chempalli | 10-15 cm | |
| Indian paradise fish, Indian fighter | Macropodus cupanus | kallikaratti | 2-3.5 cm |  |
| Puffer fish | NA | attupongu | |  |
| Great bulleye or Indian snakehead | Channa marulis comolex | pulivaka or pulivaha | upto 120 cm | |
| NA | Channa marulis | vakameen or vahavaral | upto 120 cm |  |
| Cobra snakehead or giant snakehead | Channa marulis ssp. | chaeruvaral or chaerumeen | more than 120 cm |  |
| Asiatic snakehead or dwarf snakehead | Channa orientalis | mattan, vattan or kattumattan | 5-12 cm |  |
| Striped or banded snakehead | Channa striata | varal | 20-50 cm |  |
| Tire-track spiny eel, white-spotted spiny eel or marbled spiny eel | Mastacembelus armatus | panayaraken | 45-90 cm |  |
| NA | NA | thondiyaraken, manalaraken or chumannareken | 15-25 cm | |
| Catla* | Catla catla | | | |
| Rohu* | Labeo rohita | | | |
| Common carp* | Cyprinus sp. ?? | | | |
| Mrigal* | NA | | | |
| Grass carp* | NA | | | |
| NA | Labio fibriatus* | | | |
| Giant gourami* | NA | | | |
| African catfish* | NA | | | |
| * - Introduced | | | | |
