Freshwater life belongs to particular waters. Explore a small, sourced selection of fishes and the river records that connect them.
Also known as Ganges
Riverine germplasm connects freshwater biodiversity with restoration. ICAR-CIFRI documents indigenous carps used in its Ganga breeding and ranching programme.
Ganga river system; no reach-specific occurrence inferred.
Labeo rohita
Native
An indigenous Gangetic carp represented in ICAR-CIFRI’s riverine germplasm programme.
The source supports indigenous status in the Ganga; it does not support assigning Rohu as native to every Indian river.
Labeo calbasu
Native
One of four commercially significant carps selected for the Ganga germplasm programme.
River ranching is a conservation intervention, not evidence that the species naturally occurs in every reach.
The upper drainage supports small freshwater fishes as well as the life of the main river. Catalog distribution records provide a starting point without implying that every tributary shares the same fauna.
Upper Brahmaputra drainage in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh; no precise collection localities published here.
Native
A valid badid species whose catalog distribution includes the upper Brahmaputra drainage in northeastern India.
A regional natural-range summary, not evidence of ubiquitous main-channel occurrence. No microhabitat or basin-endemic claim is made.
Also known as Kaveri
A sanctuary survey documents basin-endemic fishes alongside introduced species. Being native to India does not establish native status in the Cauvery.
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka; survey observations from 2015–2019.
Tor remadevii
Native · Basin endemic
The survey identifies the hump-backed mahseer and distinguishes it from unresolved mahseer morphotypes.
Reported as endemic to the Cauvery system. No present-day Red List category is inferred from this 2021 paper.
Dawkinsia arulius
Native · Basin endemic
A barb listed among the Cauvery-system endemics in the sanctuary survey.
The basin-endemic designation describes range, not abundance throughout the river.
Native · Basin endemic
A carp documented among the survey’s Cauvery-system endemics.
The record is limited to the study area; the guide does not infer a surveyed underwater scene.
Native · Basin endemic
A catfish included among the Cauvery-system endemics.
Locality is intentionally coarse. Historical threat assessments are not displayed as current status.
Native · Basin endemic
Listed among the Cauvery-system endemic freshwater fishes in the sanctuary survey.
The cited survey establishes a historical record and reports basin endemism; it does not establish present abundance, a current threat category or a specific microhabitat.
Native · Basin endemic
Listed among the Cauvery-system endemic freshwater fishes in the sanctuary survey.
The cited survey establishes a historical record and reports basin endemism; it does not establish present abundance, a current threat category or a specific microhabitat.
Native · Basin endemic
Listed among the Cauvery-system endemic freshwater fishes in the sanctuary survey.
The cited survey establishes a historical record and reports basin endemism; it does not establish present abundance, a current threat category or a specific microhabitat.
Native · Basin endemic
Listed among the Cauvery-system endemic freshwater fishes in the sanctuary survey.
The cited survey establishes a historical record and reports basin endemism; it does not establish present abundance, a current threat category or a specific microhabitat.
Catfish surveys reveal diversity that can be overlooked in familiar river landscapes. This reference covers a studied Maharashtra stretch, rather than the entire basin.
Krishna River, Sangli region, Maharashtra; survey from June 2009 to July 2012.
Native
A sisorid catfish for which the Krishna study reports a range extension.
The paper describes an endemic Indian fish; this guide does not claim it is endemic to the Krishna basin.
Small tributary streams contribute to basin diversity. A published Blue perch record comes from two sub-basins and does not establish presence throughout the main river.
Manjeera and Wardha sub-basin streams in Telangana.
Badis badis
Also called Chameleon fish
Native status uncertain
A freshwater fish recorded in tributary streams of the Godavari basin.
Occurrence is documented. This record alone does not resolve whether the Godavari populations are native or introduced.