Overview
Family : Minnows or carps ; Occurs in fast flowing streams and rivers with rocky bottom [1]. Lives mainly in the middle of streams. Omnivorous . Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae, lesser on chironomid larvae, crustaceans and water beetles[2]. Migrate upstream during the breeding season where spawning takes place on stones and gravel [3]. Spawns from April to October with a peak in August to September. Male matures at 9 cm. Flesh is considered delicious and market demand is great.
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Assamese:
Boka, Bokar, Boolooah, Katli, Pakiranga
Common Names in Bengali:
Bhorkhol, Bulak
Common Names in Czech:
Parma Meden, Parma měděná
Common Names in English:
Boka, Bokar, Chocolate mahseer, Copper mahseer, Katli
Common Names in German:
Bokar, Katli
Common Names in Malayalam:
Karampi
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
墨脫四鬚魮, 墨脱四须魮, 小鱗光唇魚, 小鳞光唇鱼
Common Names in Nepalese:
Katle
Common Names in Nepali:
Katle
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Inhabits streams
with fast flowing water
mostly in high gradient
and low gradient riffles and pools
(Menon 1991). It prefers rocky
and boulder
areas with high flow
. Siltation
caused by deforestation
could act as a threat
.
The species is known to breed
from
April to October with a peak in August to September. The male of
this species mature at an early size of 9 cm. It breeds in pools
with running water
.[4].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Subfamily:
Cyprininae
()
- Tribe:
Cyprinini
()
- Subtribe:
Tores
()
- Genus:
Neolissochilus
()
- Rainboth, 1985
- Subgenus:
part
()
- Specific name:
hexagonolepis
- Scientific name: - Neolissochilus hexagonolepis (McClelland, 1839)
- Specific name:
hexagonolepis
- Subgenus:
part
(
- Genus:
Neolissochilus
(
- Subtribe:
Tores
(
- Tribe:
Cyprinini
(
- Subfamily:
Cyprininae
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Accrossocheilus hexagonolepis (Mcclelland • Acrosocheilus hexagonolepis (Mcclelland • Acrossocheilus hexagonolepis (Mcclelland • Barbodes hexagonolepis (Mcclelland • Barbus hexagonolepis Mcclelland • Barbus hexagonolepsis Mcclelland • Neolissocheilus hexagonolepis • Neolissocheilus hexagonolepis (Mcclelland • Neolissocheilus hexagonolepis (McClelland, 1839) • Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 16-Feb-2000
[4].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Neolissochilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. hexagonolepis (Chocolate Mahseer) · N. subterraneus (Cave Brook Carp)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Ao, S., Dey S.C. and Sarmah, S.K. 2008. Fish and fisheries of Nagaland. Government of Nagaland.
- Bagra, K., Kadu, K., Nebeshwar-Sharma, K., Laskar, B.A., Sarkar, U.K. and Das D.N. 2009. Icthyological survey and review of the checklist of fish fauna of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Check List 5(2): 330-350.
- Bhatt, J.P., P. Nautiyal and H.R. Singh. 2004. Status (1993-1994) of the endangered fish Himalayan mahseer Tor putitora (Hamilton) (Cyprinidae) in the mountain reaches of the river Ganga. Asian Fish. Soc., 17(4): 341-355.
- Everard, M. and Kataria, G. 2010. The proposed Pancheshwar Dam, India/Nepal: A preliminary ecosystem services assessment of likely outcomes. Institution of Environmental Sciences, London.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
- Jayaram, K.C. (1981). The freshwater fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka - a handbook. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 475 p.
- Jha, B.R. 2006. Fish ecological studies in assessing ecological integrity of rivers: Application in rivers of Nepal. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Germany.
- Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah (2002). Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India.775 p.
- Kar, D. and Sen, N. 2007. Systematic list and distribution of fishes in Mizoram, Tripura and Barak drainage of northeastern India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(3): 2599-2607.
- Kullander, S. O. , F. Fang, B. Delling and E. Åhlander. 1999. The fishes of the Kashmir Valley. River Jhelum, Kashmir Valley IN Impacts on the aquatic environment. Swedmar, Göteborg.
- Menon, A.G.K. 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India..
- Menon, A.G.K. 2004. Threatened Fishes of India and their Conservation.
- Petr, T. (1999). Coldwater fish and fisheries in Bhutan. p. 6-12. In T. Petr (ed.) Fish and fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. No. 385. FAO, Rome. 304 p.
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
- Shrestha, J. (1994). Fishes, fishing implements and methods of Nepal. Smt. M.D. Gupta, Lalitpur Colony, Lashkar (Gwalior), India. 150 p.
- Shrestha, J. 1994. Fishes, fishing implements and methods of Nepal. Smt. M.D. Gupta, Lalitpur Colony, Lashkar (Gwalior), India.
- Shrestha, J., Singh, D.M, and Saund, T.B. 2009. Fish diversity of Tamor river and its major tributaries of eastern Himalayan region of Nepal. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology. 10: 219-223.
- Shrestha, T.K. (1990). Resource ecology of the Himalayan waters. Curriculum Development Centre, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. 645 p.
- Shrestha, T.K. 2003. Conservation and Management of Fishes in the Large Himalayan Rivers of Nepal. International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries: Sustaining Livelihoods and Biodiveristy in the New Millennium, 11-14 February 2003, Phnom Penh. Nepal.
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (1991). Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 541 p.
- Talwar, P.K. and Jhingran, A.G. 1991. Inland Fishes of India and Adjacent Countries. A.A. Balkema/Rotterdam.
Notes
Contributors
- Arunachalam, M. 2010. Neolissochilus hexagonolepis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Dooley, James (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 163021
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-21863
- Fishbase Species ID: 12125
- IUCN ID: 226292
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1472915
Footnotes
- Menon, A.G.K. (1999). Check list - fresh water fishes of India. p. 234-259. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. [back]
- Ferro, W. and P.R. Badagami (1980). On the biology of the commercially important fish species of Pokhara Valley (Nepal). J. Inst. Sc. T.U. Kathmandu 3(1):237-250. [back]
- Rai, A.K. and D.B. Swar (1989). Katle (Acrossocheilus hexagonolepis), a coldwater cyprinid of Nepal. FAO Fish. Rept. (405, Suppl.):95-99. [back]
- Arunachalam, M. 2010. Neolissochilus hexagonolepis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
