Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)

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) : -

6. Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)

1758. Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. , 10 (1): 320 (type locality, China, Korea, Japan).

Common name(s): Common carp.

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-292 , 1 exs., 242.5 mm, Hapoli, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

16.ii.1996, G. Thirumalai; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-525 , 4 exs. ,

55.2 to 68.6 mm, Siro river, Siro village, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 17.i.2012, B. Sinha & party.

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Changlang; Introduced in 1939. Elsewhere: Asia, Europe, America, Africa.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater, brackish; benthopelagic. Inhabits Warm, deep, slow-flowing and still waters, well vegetated lakes.

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

Subfamily BARBINAE Genus Pethia Pethiyagoda Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012

7. Pethia conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) 1822. Cyprinus conchonius Hamilton, Fish Ganges , pp. 317,

389 (type locality, Ponds of N-E Bengal and river Kosi). 1839. Systomus pyrropterus McClelland, Asiatic Res. , 19 (2) :

285, 383, pl. 44, Figure 1. 1988. Puntius conchonius khagariansis Srivastava & Datta Munshi, Datta Munshi & Srivastava , pp. 186, pl. 23, Figure 4.

Common name(s): Rosy barb.

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-540 , 8 exs., 17.8 to

40.2 mm, Siro River, Siro village, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 21.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-542 , 8 exs., 31.4 to 35.5 mm, Paddy field, Ziro, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 21.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-546 , 2 exs., 36.1 to

42.2 mm, Sunya stream, Ziro, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 21.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-550 , 1 ex., 40.3 mm, Ranga (Panyor) river, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 24.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-558 , 1 ex., 41.7 mm, Ranga (Panyor) river, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 05.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, East Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, Tirap, Changlang; Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Cauvery river systems. Elsewhere: Afganisthan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Colombia.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater. Inhabits inhabit lakes and fast flowing hill streams.

Remarks: New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Least Concern