Freshwater Fish of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Freshwater Fish

Order	Family	Species	Occurrence	FishBase name	Name
Cypriniformes	Nemacheilidae	Acanthocobitis urophthalmus	endemic	Banded mountain loach	Vairan ehirava
Perciformes	Sparidae	Acanthopagrus berda	native	Goldsilk seabream	Theppiliya
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Amblypharyngodon melettinus	native	Attentive carplet	Soreya
Perciformes	Anabantidae	Anabas testudineus	native	Climbing perch	Kavaiya
Anguilliformes	Anguillidae	Anguilla bengalensis	native	Indian mottled eel	Polon arndha
Anguilliformes	Anguillidae	Anguilla bicolor	native	Indonesian shortfin eel	Kakkuta arndha
Anguilliformes	Anguillidae	Anguilla nebulosa	native	Mottled eel	Pol mal aandha
Cyprinodontiformes	Aplocheilidae	Aplocheilus blockii	native	Green panchax	Udda
Cyprinodontiformes	Aplocheilidae	Aplocheilus dayi	endemic	Ceylon killifish	Uda handeya
Cyprinodontiformes	Aplocheilidae	Aplocheilus lineatus	native	Striped panchax
Cyprinodontiformes	Aplocheilidae	Aplocheilus panchax	native	Blue panchax	Hande titteya
Cyprinodontiformes	Aplocheilidae	Aplocheilus parvus	native	Dwarf panchax
Cyprinodontiformes	Aplocheilidae	Aplocheilus werneri	endemic	Werner's killifish	Iri handeya
Siluriformes	Ariidae	Arius subrostratus	native	Shovelnose sea catfish	Ura anguluva
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Awaous grammepomus	native	Scribbled goby	Weligouva
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Awaous melanocephalus	native	Largesnout goby
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barilius bendelisis	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barilius vagra	native
Perciformes	Osphronemidae	Belontia signata	endemic	Ceylonese combtail	Thalkossa
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Brachygobius nunus	native
Perciformes	Eleotridae	Bunaka gyrinoides	native	Greenback gauvina
Perciformes	Eleotridae	Butis butis	native	Duckbill sleeper	Vaneya
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Carassius carassius	introduced	Crucian carp
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa asiatica	native	Small snakehead
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa gachua	native
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa marulius	native	Great snakehead	Ara
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa orientalis	native	Walking snakehead	Kola kanaya
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa punctata	native	Spotted snakehead	Mada kanaya
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa striata	native	Striped snakehead	Loolla
Osteoglossiformes	Notopteridae	Chitala chitala	introduced	Clown knifefish
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Clarias brachysoma	endemic		Walking catfish
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Clarias nebulosus	native
Clupeiformes	Engraulidae	Coilia reynaldi	native	Reynald's grenadier anchovy
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Coptodon rendalli	introduced	Redbreast tilapia
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Coptodon zillii	introduced	Redbelly tilapia
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Cyprinus carpio	introduced	Common carp	Rata pethiya
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Danio rerio	introduced	Zebra danio
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Dawkinsia singhala	endemic
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Dawkinsia srilankensis	endemic	Blotched filamented barb	Dankudu pethiya
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Devario aequipinnatus	native	Giant danio
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Devario malabaricus	native	Malabar danio	Rath kailaya
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Devario pathirana	endemic	Barred danio	Barred danio
Tetraodontiformes	Tetraodontidae	Dichotomyctere fluviatilis	native	Green pufferfish	Common puffer
Tetraodontiformes	Tetraodontidae	Dichotomyctere nigroviridis	native	Spotted green pufferfish
Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Ehirava fluviatilis	native	Malabar sprat	Ahirava
Perciformes	Eleotridae	Eleotris fusca	native	Dusky sleeper	Puwakbadilla
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Esomus danrica	native	Flying barb
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Esomus lineatus	native	Striped flying barb
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Esomus thermoicos	endemic		Flying barb
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Etroplus maculatus	native	Orange chromide	Kaha koraliya