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Uttarakhand
Garhwal Division: Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri
and Tehri districts; Kumaon Division: Nainital
and Udham Singh Nagar districts. Corbett Tiger
Reserve and Rajaji National Park.
Localities Surveyed
Asan River at Jhajra and Herbertpur, above Kunja
Grant; seepage nala below barrage; Asan
reservoir.
Pond at Selakui.
India
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Godavari and Krishna river systems,
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura and West
Bengal.
Diagnostic Characters
D. 2/6, P. 1/ 10-12, V. 1/6-7, A. 3/5, C. 18-19,
L.l. 27-34.
Barbels two pairs, maxillary extremely long,
extending to about middle of the body; dorsal
fi n inserted far back; lateral line absent or
incomplete, piercing only up to the 4-6th scales.
Body with a broad dark lateral band from the
mouth to caudal fi n which in juveniles edged by
a fi ne golden line; pelvic fi ns reddish, others
orangish.
Elsewhere
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
Habitat and Ecology
Inhabits rivers, canals, ponds, lakes and inun-
dated fi elds in plains and submontane regions.
Feeds on worms, small crustaceans and insects.
Maximum Length
13.0 cm.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List, least concern.
Distribution
Uttarakhand
Garhwal Division: Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri
and Tehri districts; Kumaon Division: Nainital
and Udham Singh Nagar districts. Corbett Tiger
Reserve and Rajaji National Park.
Threats
General habitat destruction may cause signifi cant
decline in its population.
Remarks
Of no fi shery value; kept in aquaria.
Genus:
Esomus
Swainson, 1839
India
Throughout northern India. Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Gujarat, Odisha (Chilka Lake), Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
(Chittar river basin) and West Bengal (Jayanti
river).
17.
Esomus danricus
(Hamilton, 1822)
Cyprinus
(
Danio
)
danrica
Hamilton, 1822.
Fish.
Ganges
: 325,390, pl. 16, fi g. 88 (type locality:
ponds and ditches of Bengal).
Esomus danricus
Husain,
2003
.
Faun. Asan
Wetland, Wetland Ecosystem Series 5
:
23-26 (Asan reservoir, seepage nala, Asan
River above Kunja Grant and below its
barrage).
Elsewhere
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar,
Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Habitat and Ecology
It is a benthopelagic species, found in ponds,
weedy ditches and irrigation canals.
An active fi sh that swims well and feeds on
insects close to the surface. It prefers well-aerated
waters.
English Name
Flying Barb.
Local Name
Chal.
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