Crossocheilus latius (Hamilton, 1822)

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) : -

15. Crossocheilus latius (Hamilton, 1822)

1822. Cyprinus latius Hamilton, Fish Ganges, pp. 345, 393 (type locality, Tista River, at base of Darjeeling Himalayas, India).

1822. Cyprinus gohama Hamilton, Fish Ganges, 346, 393.

1822. Cyprinus sada Hamilton, Fish Ganges, 344, 393.

1934. Crossochilus latius punjabensis Mukerji, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 37 (1): 53, Figure 7.

1839. Gonorhynchus brevis McClelland, Asiatic Res., 19 (2): 373, pl. 43, Figure 6.

1839. Gonorhynchus fimbriatus McClelland, Asiatic Res., 19 (2): 282, 375, pl. 43, Figure 3.

1839. Gonorhynchus macrosomus McClelland, Asiatic Res., 19 (2): 282, 372, pl. 43, Figure 7.

Common name(s): Gangetic latia, Stone roller.

Local Name(s): Ngoku ngoi (Nyishi)

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-206 , 5 exs., 101.3 to

123.3 mm, Subansiri River, Tale WLS, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 11.iii.2003, P. T. Bhutia ; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-293 , 2 exs., 67.9 to 91.9 mm, Hapoli, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 16.ii.1996, G. Thirumalai; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-765 , 2 exs., 85.9 to 88.5 mm, Pein stream, Tamen, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 09.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, East Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, Lohit, Tirap; Ganga, Brahmaputra & Barrak river systems, Maharastra, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Punjab, Orissa, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Afganisthan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater, brackish; benthopelagic. Inhabits streams, rivers and lake with gravelly bottom.

Remarks: New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Figures

Figure 3. Ranga nadi dam reservoir area.

Figure 7. Pit Stream, Pitapool Sagalee road.