Schistura rupecula McClelland, 1838

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

50. Schistura rupecula McClelland, 1838

1838. Schistura rupecula McClelland, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal , 7: 948, pl. 55, Figure 3 (type locality, mountain streams of Shimla.

1935. Nemachilus rupecola inglisi var. Hora, Rec. Indian Mus., 37 (1): 58, pl. 3, Figs. 9-10.

Local Name(s): Reibo ngilang (Nyishi) Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-559 , 3 exs., 57.7 to

73.7 mm, Ranga (Panyor) River, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 24.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-566 , 1 ex., 64.1 mm, Ranga (Panyor) River, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

05.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-584 , 9 exs. ,

30.4 to 41.2 mm, Pein river, Tamen, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 10.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-627 , 4 exs., 50.9 to 68.4 mm, Pow River, Takam Pasa village, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 17.iii.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-762 , 1 ex., 51.9 mm, Pai stream, Pai village, Tamen , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

13.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-776 , 1 ex. ,

61.6 mm, Pein River, Tamen, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 15.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, East Kameng, West Siang, Tirap; Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Nepal.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater. Inhabits shallow water riffles and spring pools, streams with pebbly bottom.

Remarks: New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Figures

Figure 3. Ranga nadi dam reservoir area.