Review on New Records of Freshwater Fishes from India with Note on Distribution and Conservation Status

By : Mogalekar H.S. , Jawahar P. , T. Francis , Karl Marx , Canciyal Johnson , P. Pavin Kumar , N.V. Sujathkumar

Page No: 211-232

Abstract
New species of freshwater fishes recorded for first time during last three decades form India is reviewed. In total 150 new species of freshwater fishes belonging to 5 order, 22 family and 44 genera have been emerged from different locality of India. Cypriniformes was the most dominant order represented by 69 species belonging to 5 family and 17 genera, followed by Siluriformes (58 species belonging to 8 family and 17 genera); Perciformes (19 species belonging to 6 family and 7 genera); Synbranchiformes (3 species belonging to 2 family and 2 genera) and Tetraodontiformes (1 species belonging to 1 family and 1 genera). Maximum number of species emerged from the Mizoram (32), followed by Manipur (29), Kerala (28), Arunachal Pradesh (17), West Bengal (14), and Karnataka (13). Of the 150 species, one species belong to the critically endangered category, 5 to the endangered, 9 to Vulnerable and 2 to Near Threatened.

Authors :
H. S. Mogalekar, P. Jawahar, T. Francis, J. Canciyal and P. Pavinkumar
Department of Fisheries Biology and Resource Management, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi-628 008, Tamil Nadu, India

K. Karalmarx
Department of Fisheries Biotechnology, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi-628 008, Tamil Nadu, India.

N.V. Sujathkumar
Department of Fisheries Information and Statistics, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi-628 008, Tamil Nadu, India.