Fishes in Lakes, Ponds, Dams and Other Fresh Water Resources : Photographs and Habitat

Ornamental fishes

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Photographs of beautiful fish species found in lakes, rivers and ponds are shown below. A brief description of their habitat including water resources such as Lake, Pond, Dam etc. and depth of water (surface or bottom) is given alongwith photographs. Fishes are grouped as indigenous major carps, exotic carps, common type carps, air breathing fishes, ornamental fishes and hill stream fishes. All these photgraphs are copyright material. Hence, these photographs can not be used on any websites without prior permission.

Group/Habitat :

Ornamental fishes

1. Trichogaster lalius: Found in surface area of all finding fresh water resources.

2. Danio rerio: Usually found during rainy season in the paddy fields and ditches.

3. Trichogaster fasciatus: Found in surface area of all finding fresh water resources.

4. Mastacembelus armatus: Found in muddy places.

Fish species of India

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A. Indigenous major carps

1. Catla catla Found on the surface of lake, ponds, tanks, dams and all others fresh water resources.

2. Lebeo rohita Found on the column of lakes, ponds, tanks, dams and all others fresh water resources.

3. Cirrhinus mrigala

Found at the bottom of lakes, ponds tanks, dams etc.

4. Lebeo bata Found at the bottom of different water resources.

5. Labeo calbasu Found at the bottom region of different fresh water resources.

B. Exotic carps

1. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Found on the surface of water resources.

2. Cyprinus carpio var. specularis.

Found at the bottom region of water resources.

3. Cyprinus carpio var. communis

Found at the bottom region of different water resources.

4. Ctenopharyngodon idella

Found in column region of different fresh water resources.

5. Tilapia mossambicus.

Dwelling at the bottom region of different water resources.

C. Air breathing fishes

1. Clarias batrachus Found in muddy places and at the bottom of fresh water resources.

2. Heteropneustes fossilis Found in muddy places and at the bottom of fresh water resources.

3. Channa punctatus Specially found in muddy places during rainy season and in the bottom of fresh water resources.

4. Channa gachua Found in muddy places and in the bottom region of different water resources.

5. Channa striatus Found in muddy places, at the bottom of different water resources..

6. Channa marulius Found in muddy places in least number, at the bottom region of Ponds, Lakes and Dam.

7. Wallago attu Found in column region of Ponds,Lake, and Dam.

8. Ompok bimaculatus Found in column region of different fresh water resources.

9. Notopterus notopterus

10. Notopterus chitala.

11. Anabas testudineus Found in column region of different fresh water resources.

12. Mystus seenghala Found in bottom region of different fresh water resources.

D. Hill stream fishes

1. Garra gotyla Found in river Chano near Churchu block and Konar river.

2. Garra kempi Hill stream of river. Found in ditches near hill foots.

3. Lepidocephalichthys guntea Most commonly occurring hill stream fish.

4. Nemacheilus botia Found in ditches near the foot hill.

E. Common type minor carps

1. Oxygaster bacaila Found in surface area of different fresh water resources.

2. Amblypharyngodon mola Found in bottom region of all finding resources.

3. Esomus danricus

4. Cirrhina reba Found in bottom region of different fresh water resources.

5. Rhinomugil corsula

6. Eutropiichthys vacha

7. Puntius ticto. Found in surface area of different water resources.

8. Puntius stigma column region of different fresh water resources.

9. Puntius conchonius Found in column region of all finding fresh water resources.

10. Ambassis nama Found in surface area of Ponds, Lakes, River and Dam.

11. Ambassis ranga Found in surface area of finding water resources.

12. Glossogobius giuris . Found in surface area of different finding water resources.

13. Osteobramo cotio Found in surface area of finding fresh water resources.

14. Barilius bola Found in surface area of pond.

15. Mastacembelus aculeatus Found in muddy places.

16. Mastacembelus pancalus Found in muddy places

17. Mystus bleekeri Found in muddy places.

18. Mystus cavasius Found in muddy places.

19. Mystus vittatus Found in muddy places.

F. Rare type minor carps

1. Guludia chapra Found in surface area of pond.

2. Xenentodon cancila

3. Ailia coila

Source*: Vandana Srivastava. 2006. Systematic survey of different kind of fishes .... Ph.D. Thesis, submitted to VBU.

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