Fish Fauna of Asan River and Its Tributaries, Western Doon Valley, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), with Conservation Status of Species and Threats - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 240

Local Names
Kalabans, Karaunchar, Moli, Moili, Unera.

Elsewhere
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Iran,
Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.

Localities Surveyed
Asan River below its barrage at Dhalipur,
Herbertpur, Bairagiwala near Herbertpur.

Habitat and Ecology
Inhabits torrential hill streams in shallow waters.
They migrate to warmer regions of lakes and
streams during winter. They are herbivorous.

Diagnostic Characters
D. 3/10, P. 1/16, V. 1/8, A. 2/5, C. 19(10/9). L.l.
41-42.
Body elongate, dorsal profi le, especially pre-
dorsal part raised and bluntly edged; mouth
moderately arched; lips thin, upper smooth but
glandular at corners, lower fi nely fi mbriated with
inner surface studded with nodular tubercles,
lower jaw with cartilaginous layer; snout blunt
with horny tubercles, a pair of short maxillary
barbels; dorsal origin variable, upper caudal lobe
slightly longer; scales moderate to minute, lat-
eral line complete. Body greenish grey, scales
tinged with red, fi ns reddish, dorsal margin
darkish.
Sexual Dimorphism: In male, snout with deep
transverse groove and dorsolateral sides covered
by greatly enlarged cornifi ed tubercles and ante-
rior few rays of dorsal prolonged. In female,
groove less marked, tubercles rudimentary and
simple dorsal fi n.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List, least concern.

Threats
The possible threat may be habitat degradation,
dams and other human activities.

Remarks
Of commercial fi shery and game interest.
Commonly used as bait for Raiamas bola and Tor
putitora . Highly esteemed as food.
Genus: Crossocheilus van Hasselt, 1823

20. Crossocheilus latius latius (Hamilton, 1822)
Cyprinus ( Garra ) latius Hamilton, 1822. Fish.
Ganges : 345-346, 394 (type locality: Tista
river).
Crossocheilus latius latius Husain, 2003 . Faun.
Asan Wetland, Wetland Ecosystem Series 5 :
23-26 (Asan River above Kunja Grant and
below its barrage).

Maximum Size
75.0 cm.

English Name
Gangetic Latia.

Distribution

Uttarakhand
Garhwal Division: Chamoli, Dehradun,
Haridwar, Pauri, Tehri and Uttarkashi districts;
Kumaon Division: Almora, Nainital and
Pithoragarh districts. Corbett Tiger Reserve and
Rajaji National Park.

Local Names
Dhanaura, Saknera.

Localities Surveyed
Asan River above Kunja Grant, Herbertpur and
below its barrage.

India
All along Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Punjab,
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Adma, Buxa
and Jayanti rivers). Deccan and south as far as
Cauvery, Chota Nagpur, Satpura-Vindhya
ranges.

Diagnostic Characters
D. 2/8, P. 1/14, V. 1/8, A. 2/5, C. 16, 20 (8/8,
11/9). L.l. 38-39.
Body elongate; head depressed, mouth infe-
rior, barbels two pairs (short rostral and maxil-
lary); dorsal fi n origin much in advance of the
pelvics; scales moderate, lateral line complete.