Freshwater Fishes Of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. It is situated in the middle of Indian Ocean. Because of being an island, Sri Lanka has many freshwater fauna, including fish, crabs, molluscs, and other aquatic insects. This is a partial list of fish species found in ...more ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Ray-finned Fishes Class Actinopterygii
- Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches Order Cypriniformes
  - 6 Suborder Cobitoidei
  - 57 Suborder Cyprinoidei

Attentive Carplet ¹
Amblypharyngodon melettinus

Dawkinsia singhala ²

Dawkinsia srilankensis

Giant Danio ³
Devario aequipinnatus

Malabar Danio ⁴
Devario malabaricus

Indian Flying Barb ⁵
Esomus danrica

Esomus thermoicos ⁶

Laubuka lankensis

Labeo heladiva ⁷

Green Carplet ⁸
Horadandia atukorali

Barred Danio
Devario pathirana

Ceylon Logsucker
Garra ceylonensis

Garra phillipsi

Labeo fisheri

Laubuka ruhuna

Laubuka varuna

Puntius kamalika

Puntius kelumi

Swamp Barb ⁹
Puntius chola

Long snouted barb ¹⁰
Puntius dorsalis

Puntius bimaculatus

Puntius amphibius ¹¹

Cherry Barb ¹²
Puntius titteya

Pethia cumingii

Pethia reval

Pethia melanomaculata

Greenstripe Barb ¹³
Puntius vittatus

Rasbora armitagei

Pethia bandula

Tic-tac-toe Barb ¹⁴
Pethia stoliczkana

Ticto Barb ¹⁵
Pethia ticto

Rasboroides nigromarginatus

Rasbora caverii

Slender Rasbora ¹⁶
Rasbora daniconius

Rasboroides pallidus

Rasbora wilpita ¹⁷

Rasboroides rohani

Systomus martenstyni ¹⁸

Side-striped Barb ¹⁰
Systomus pleurotaenia

Systomus asoka ¹⁰

Rasboroides vaterifloris

Systomus timbiri

Systomus spilurus

Schistura madhavai

Olive Barb
Systomus sarana

Schistura scripta ⁷

Deccan Mahseer ¹⁹
Tor khudree

Acanthocobitis urophthalmus

Spotback Loach ¹⁷
Schistura notostigma

Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi ¹⁷

Common Spiny Loach
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis

Bighead Carp ²⁰
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

Rohu ²¹
Labeo rohita

Catla ²²
Gibelion catla

European Carp ²³
Cyprinus carpio

Grass Carp ²⁴
Ctenopharyngodon idella

Silver Carp ²⁵
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Cirrhinus mrigala ²⁵

Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis

Garra phillipsi

Malabar Labeo ¹
Labeo dussumieri

Black Ruby Barb ²⁶
Pethia nigrofasciata

Goldfish ²⁷
Carassius auratus

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Freshwater Fishes Of Sri Lanka

Attentive Carplet 1 Amblypharyngodon melettinus

Giant Danio 3 Devario aequipinnatus

Malabar Danio 4 Devario malabaricus

Indian Flying Barb 5 Esomus danrica

Green Carplet 8 Horadandia atukorali

Barred Danio Devario pathirana

Ceylon Logsucker Garra ceylonensis

Swamp Barb 9 Puntius chola

Long snouted barb 10 Puntius dorsalis

Cherry Barb 12 Puntius titteya

Greenstripe Barb 13 Puntius vittatus

Tic-tac-toe Barb 14 Pethia stoliczkana

Ticto Barb 15 Pethia ticto

Slender Rasbora 16 Rasbora daniconius

Side-striped Barb 10 Systomus pleurotaenia

Olive Barb Systomus sarana

Deccan Mahseer 19 Tor khudree

Spotback Loach 17 Schistura notostigma

Common Spiny Loach Lepidocephalichthys thermalis

Bighead Carp 20 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

Rohu 21 Labeo rohita

Catla 22 Gibelion catla

European Carp 23 Cyprinus carpio

Grass Carp 24 Ctenopharyngodon idella

Silver Carp 25 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Malabar Labeo 1 Labeo dussumieri

Black Ruby Barb 26 Pethia nigrofasciata

Goldfish 27 Carassius auratus