Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River
Author
Sinha, Bikramjit
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2019
119
2
journal volume
10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/142748
2581-8686
13186949
52.
Mystus tengara
(Hamilton, 1822)
1822.
Pimelodus tengara
Hamilton,
Fish Ganges
, pp. 188, 377, pl. 3, Figure 61 (
type
locality,
Ponds
of
India
)
.
Common name(s):
Tengara mystus.
Material examined
:
ZSI/
V
/
APFS
/
P-291
,
3 exs.
, 55.3 to
72.3 mm,
Hapoli
,
Lower Subansiri district
,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
16.ii.1996
,
G. Thirumalai
.
Distribution:
INDIA
: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri;
Assam
,
Bihar
,
Chandigarh
,
Chattisgarh
, Darjiling,
Delhi
,
Haryana
,
Himachal Pradesh
, Jharkand,
Manipur
,
Meghalaya
,
Mizoram
,
Nagaland
, Punjab,
Sikkim
,
Tripura
, Uttaranchal,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
.
Elsewhere
: Afganisthan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
Habit and Habitat:
Freshwater. Inhabits flowing and standing waters.
Remarks:
New record for the district.
IUCN Status
: Least Concern