List of fishes of Nepal

Order: Anguilliformes

Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

• Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis)

Order: Cypriniformes

Balitoridae (river loaches)

• Mottled loach (Acanthocobitis botia)
• Gray's stone loach or rock carp ( Balitora brucei ) - (native)
• Balitora eddsi - (endemic)
• Nemacheilus multifasciatus - (native)
• Creek loach ( Schistura beavani ) - (native)
• Schistura corica - (native)
• Stone loach ( Schistura rupecula ) - (native)
• Schistura savona - (native)
• Schistura scaturigina - (native)

Cobitidae (loaches)

• Almorha loach ( Botia almorhae ) - (native)
• Reticulate loach ( Botia lohachata ) - (native)
• Guntea loach ( Lepidocephalichthys guntea ) - (native)
• Gongota loach ( Somileptus gongota ) - (native)

Cyprinidae

• Mola carplet ( Amblypharyngodon mola )
• Bighead carp ( Aristichthys nobilis ) - (not established)
• Jaya or mara ( Aspidoparia jaya ) - (native)
• Aspidoparia morar - (native)
• Barred baril ( Barilius barila ) - (native)
• Barna baril ( Barilius barna ) - (native)
• Hamilton's barila ( Barilius bendelisis ) - (native)
• Shacra baril ( Barilius shacra ) - (native)
• Tileo baril ( Barilius tileo ) - (native)
• Lam faketa or dudhnea ( Barilius vagra ) - (native)
• Crucian carp ( Carassius carassius ) - (introduced)
• Bhakur or catla ( Catla catla ) - (native)
• Chaguni ( Chagunius chagunio ) - (native)
• Silver hatchet chela ( Chela cachius ) - (native)
• Gangetic latia ( Crossocheilus latius ) - (native)
• Grass carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idella ) - (not established)
• Assamese kingfish ( Cyprinion semiplotum ) - (native)
• Common carp ( Cyprinus carpio carpio ) - (introduced)
• Moustached danio ( Danio dangila ) - (native)
• Zebra danio ( Danio rerio ) - (native)
• Giant danio ( Devario aequipinnatus ) - (native)
• Devario danio, Sind danio ( Devario devario ) - (native)
• Tibetan snowtrout, scaly osman ( Diptychus maculatus ) - (native)
• Indian flying barb ( Esomus danricus ) - (native)
• Annandale garra ( Garra annandalei ) - (native)
• Sucker head ( Garra gotyla gotyla ) - (native)
• Gadhera ( Garra lamta ) - (native)
• Mullya garra ( Garra mullya ) - (native)
• Silver carp ( Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ) (not established)
• Angra labeo ( Labeo angra ) - (native)
• Reba ( Labeo ariza ) - (native)
• Bata ( Labeo bata ) - (introduced)
• Nepalese snowtrout ( Schizothorax macrophthalmus ) - (endemic)

Order: Siluriformes

Bagridae

• Batasio macronotus - (endemic)

References

• "List of Freshwater Fishes for Nepal". fish.mongabay.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
• "Fish Species in Nepal". www.fishbase.in. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
• "Which Species of Fishes Are Only Found in Nepal". gearsforfishing.com. July 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
• "Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species". lntreasures.com. Living National Treasures. Retrieved 16 October 2020.