Schizothorax richardsoni (Gray, 1832)

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) : -

13. Schizothorax richardsoni (Gray, 1832)

1832. Cyprinus richardsonii Gray, Ill. Indian Zool. , 1: no p. pl. 94, Figure 2.

1838. Barbus (Oreinus) guttatus McClelland, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal , 7: 946.

1838. Barbus (Oreinus) maculatus McClelland, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal , 7: 946, pl. 56, Figure 3 .

1839. Gonorhynchus petrophilus McClelland, Asiatic Res. , 19 (2): 281, 371, pl. 39, Figure 1.

1907. Diptychus annandalei Regan, Rec. Indian Mus., 1: 157.

Common name(s): Snowtrout.

Local Name(s): Ngaka (Nyishi)

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-563 , 4 exs., 49.4 to

54.4 mm, Ranga (Panyor) River, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 24.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-568 , 2 exs., 73.6 to 199.2 mm, Ranga (Panyor) River, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 05.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-582 , 2 exs., 40.1 to 106.9 mm, Pein river, Tamen, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 09.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-588 , 2 exs., 64.3 to 110.1 mm, Panya stream, Kicho village, Raga , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 23.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-635 , 9 exs., 41.9 to 80.9 mm, Ranganadi dam, Yazali, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

16.iii.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-708 , 2 ex. ,

137.5 to 149.3 mm, Ranga (panyor) river , Near Silsango village, Pistana, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 20.iii.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-752 , 20 exs., 34.6 to 79.9 mm, Sikhe stream, Hong village, Ziro , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 10.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-760 , 2 exs., 37.7 to 50.1 mm, Pai stream, Pai village, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 13.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-764 , 2 exs., 52.2 to 135.5 mm, Pange river, Aro-lencing, Ziro , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

09.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-766 , 15 exs. ,

42.0 to 101.3 mm, Shim stream, Godak, Raga, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 12.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-767 , 2 exs., 88.8 to 90.1 mm, Pipik stream, Tamen, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 14.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-779 , 4 exs., 31.0 to 96.9 mm, Pein river , Tamen , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 15.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, East Kameng, W. Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, West Siang, Lohit, Tirap; Assam, Bihar, Darjiling, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu- Kashmir, Jharkand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Afganisthan, Bhutan, China, Nepal and Pakistan.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater. Inhabits rivers, preferably near big submerged stones.

Remarks: New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

Subfamily LABEONINAE Genus Bangana Hamilton, 1822

Figures

Figure 3. Ranga nadi dam reservoir area.