Fish habitats of south india

Common fish of south India :)

This is just a rough dump, will be adding structure and information soon!

Kerala -
Mostly the Thalassery and Kochi region

Habitat - Dense in underwater vegetation
-> Irrigation canals.
-> Marshlands

Fish found -
FW:
Etroplus maculatus
Xenentodon cancila
Puntius vittatus
Horadandia atukorali
Macropodus cupanus
Rasbora daniconius
M. armatus
Channa marulius
Macrobachium sp.

Brackish:
Lutjanus sp.
Scatophagus argus
Etroplus suratensis
Channa diplogramme
A. lineatus






























The Chalakudy river

Varied from fast flowing water over scaped rock surfaces to rocky bottom, thick in vegetation

Fish found -
UnIDed Channa sp. (mostly a gachua variant)
Pristolepis marginata
Mystus sp.
Tetraodon travancoricus
M. armatus
Danio aequipinnatus
Rasbora daniconius
Puntius filamentosus
Xenentodon cancila


































Western ghats -
Collected only in and around Sakleshpur, Gundia

Habitat - rocky bottom, heavily tannin leached waters.

Tons of tadpoles everywhere!

Fish found-
Etroplus canarensis
Bhavania sp.
Pristolepis marginata
Mystus malabaricus
Tetraodon travancoricus
M. armatus
Danio aequipinnatus
Rasbora daniconius
Puntius setnai
Puntius ticto
Puntius assimilis
Garra mullya
Xenentodon cancila
Parambassis sp.































Irrigation canals,lakes and rivers around Bangalore -
Sandy bottom with heavy vegetation towards the banks.

Fish found -
Puntius bimaculatus
Puntius conchonius
Puntius sophore
Etroplus suratensis
Danio aequipinnatus
Rasbora daniconius
L. thermalis
Channa punctata
A. panchax
G. giuris
Puntius vittatus