Aborichthys kempi Chaudhuri, 1913

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) : -

45. Aborichthys kempi Chaudhuri, 1913

1913. Aborichthys kempi Chaudhuri, Rec. Indian Mus., 8: 245, pl. 7, Figure 1, 1a, 1b (type locality Egar stream between Renging and Rotung, Dihang River near Yembung , and Sirpo River near Renging, Abor Hills, India) .

1987. Noemacheilus kempi Menon, Fauna of India ( Pisces, Cobitoidea, Homalopteridae : Noemachellidae). Zool. Surv. India, 4: 188, Figure 5 , pl. 7.

Local Name(s): Rebio (Nyishi & Adi)

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-203 , 3 exs., 30 to 44.4 mm, Subansiri River, Tale WLS, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 11.iii.2003, P. T. Bhutia; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-800 , 14 exs., 43.96 to 97.56 mm, Pow River, Takam Pasa village, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 17.iii.2013, B. Sinha & Party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-824 , 3 exs., 28.4 to 41.3 mm, Stream on road to Sagalee, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

14.ii.1996, G. Thirumalai.

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, East Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, Lohit, Tirap; Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater, demersal. Inhabits streams with pebbly bottoms; clear oxygenated water.

Remarks: New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Near Threatened

Figures

Figure 5. Downstream of Ranganadi dam, Rub village.