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
1.
Cyprinion semiplotum
(McClelland, 1839)
1839.
Cyprinus semiplotus
McClelland, Asiat. Res.
,
19
(2): 274, 346, pl. 37,
Figure 2
(
type
locality:
Brahmaputra river
,
Upper
Assam
)
1860.
Semiplotus macclellandi
Bleeker, Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae
,
7
: 115
2006.
Semiplotus semiplotus
Sen
,
Pisces
.
Fauna of
Arunachal Pradesh
, State Fauna series
,
13
(Part-I): 347,
Figure 4
Common Name(s):
Assamese Kingfish
Local Name(s): Orche
(Adi),
Ngogir pech
(Nyishi)
Material consulted
: Sen (2006)
Distribution:
INDIA
: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri;
Assam
,
Meghalaya
,
West Bengal
(N. Bengal).
Elsewhere:
Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Habit and Habitat:
Freshwater; benthopelagic.
Remarks:
Contributes a small fishery in
Arunachal Pradesh
.
IUCN Status:
Vulnerable