Important fish fauna of Sikkim

Legend:* = New Species, ** = new Subspecies, + = Present, - = Absent

Local NameScientific Name Teesta Rangeet
BalmAnguilla bengalensis
-
+
Trout(Introduced)Salmo trutta fario
+
-
Chuchay asalaSchizopyge progastus
+
+
Dothay asalaSchizopyge richardsonii
+
+
BhittiDanio Naganensis
+
+
BhittiDanio aequipinnatus
+
+
KhasrayBarilius bendelisis bendelisis
+
+
ChallayBarilius bendelisis chedra
+
+
ChirkayBarilius bendelisis vagra
+
+
Cheptisemioplotus semioplotus
+
+
GardiLabeo dero
-
+
TheyrLabeo pangusia
+
+
KatlayAcrossocheilus hexagonolepis
+
+
SaharTor putitora
+
+
Lahori BudunaCrossocheilus latius latius
+
+
BudunaGarra annandalei
+
+
Nakatua BudunaGarra gotyla gotyla
+
+
Nakatua BudunaGarra gotyla stenorhynchos
+
+
Nakatua BudunaGarra lamta
+
+
BudunaGarra mcClelandi
+
+
Nakatua BudunaGarra mullya
+
+
TitayBalitora brucei
-
+
GadelaNoemacheilus beavani
+
+
GadelaNoemacheilus carletoni
-
+
GadelaNoemacheilus corica
-
+
GadelaNoemacheilus devdevi
+
+
GadelaNoemacheilus kanjupkhulenss
+
+
GadelaNoemacheilus multifasciatus
+
+
GadelaNoemacheilus scarfurigina
+
+
GadelaNoemacheilus sikmaienss
+
+
GadelaNoemacheilus spilopterus
+
-
GadelaAcanthopsdhalmus pangia
+
-
JalkapoorClupisoma bhandarii*
+
+
Pangasius pangasius
+
+
GonchBangarius bangarius
+
+
Gona machhaLaguvia ribeiroi ribeiroi
-
-
Gona machhaLaguvia ribeiroi jorethanensis**
-
+
DhodrayGlyptothorax basnettii*
+
+
KaharayGlyptothorax bhutiai*
+
+
KaharayGlyptothorax Conirostrae
-
+
KaharayGlyptothorax deyi*
+
+
KaharayGlyptothorax gracilis
+
+
KaharayGlyptothorax sinense maniporensis
-
+
KaharayGlyptothorax sinense sikkimensis**
-
+
KaharayGlyptothorax sinense trilineatus
+
+
LulayEuchiloglanis hodgarti
+
+
KabrayPseudecheneis sulcatus
+
+
HilayChanna orientalis
-
+

Source:Kanchenjunga Mountain Complex, WWF Nepal Program

 

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