Wallago attu - Shark catfish - Walaya 0 Comments Description: The dorsal surface is grey brown, the abdomen silvery grey and the fins pale yellow. Size: Upto 75-80cm Habitat: rivers, tanks , pools with muddy water Breeding: egg leyers Status: Indigenous Chathuranga Mullegama No comments: Post a Comment Total Pageviews About Me Chathuranga Mullegama Kandy, central, Sri Lanka View my complete profile Popular Posts puntius nigrofasciatus/ bulath hapaya Description : The body of this fish is green, darker dorsally. Mature male fish develop a red color on the body. Mature female has tree dar... Malpulutta kretseri - Ornate paradisefish - Malpulutta Description: The fish is dull brown colored , dorsally darker. Two raws of dark blotches are apparent on the sides. Size: Upto 4cm Ha... Belontia signata/Thalkossa Description: This fish is very colorific and attractive. Dorsal part of fish is reddish in color and distributed throughout the body. Male f... Barred danio/ Pathirana salaya (Danio pathirana) Description : Dorsally greyish and lightening on the sides. There are metalic Blue bars on the sides. Size : Up to 6cm. Breeding : Leyin... Garra ceylonensis / Gal padi Description : Garra ceylonensis is endemic fish to sri lanka. Have two varieties in sri lanka.. one is totally black and other one is yello... Xenentodon cancila - Freshwater garfish - yonna Description: A slim fish with elongate jaws bearing rows of sharp teeth. The dorsal and anal fins are positioned far back. dorsal olive gr... Freshwater fish List of SriLanka Freshwater eels Order: Anguilliformes . Family: Anguillidae There are 19 species and 6 subspecies in this family are all in genus ... Clarias brachysoma - Walking catfish - Magura Description: This fish is usually colored olive to yellow green, but is sometimes darker and more brownish. There are four pairs of barbel... Asoka barb / Asoka pethiya (Puntius asoka) Description: Light golden color fish with black spot near caudal fin. Size: Up to 16cm. Breeding: Leying eggs Habitat: River... Eleotris fusca - Brown gudgeon - Puwakbadilla Description: The body is usually chocolate brown with lighter reticulation throughout. Ras of unpaired fins bear 3-5 rows of spots. Size... Labels (Horadandia atukorali) - hora dandia (Labeo rohita) - rohu fish (Puntius amphibius) - scarlet banded barb - mada ipilla (Puntius chola) - Swamp barb - kota ipilla (Puntius dorsalis) - long snouted barb -katu kuriya (Puntius ticto ticto) -Ticto barb- Thith pethiya Acanthocobitis urophthalmus/Tiger loach/Vairan ehirawa anguilla bengalensis eel/ Long finned eel/ Pol Mal aandha Anguilla bicolor/ kalu aandha/ Level finned eel Aplocheilus dayi - Day's killifish - Uda handeya Aplocheilus parvus - Drarf panchax - Udda Aplocheilus werneri/ Iri handaya Aristichthys nobilis- Bighead carp Asoka barb/Asoka pethiya/ Puntius asoka Banded mountain loach Barred danio/ Danio pathirana/ pathirana salaya Belontia signata/ Thalkossa Black lined barb/ hitha massa/ Puntius pleurotania Blotched filamented barb / Dawkinsia srilankensis / pethiya dankudu bulath hapaya/ puntius nigrofasciatus/ Catla catla Cherry barb /Ley titteya/ Puntius titteya Cirrhinus mrigala - mirigal Clarias brachysoma - Walking catfish - Magura Ctenopharyngodon idell - Grass Carp Cuming's burb/ pothaya/ Puntius cumingii Cyprinus carpio - Rata pethiya Danio malabaricus/dankola salaya/ Giant danio danio/ Esomous thermoicos/ flying barb/ Ravul dandia Dawkinsia singhala- Dankola pethiya Eleotris fusca - Brown gudgeon - Puwakbadilla Esomus thermoicos/ flying barb/ Rawul dandia Etroplus maculatus - Orange chromide - Kaha koraliya Freshwater fish List of SriLanka /Freshwater fishes of sri lanka / List of freshwater fishes in sri lanka Freshwater fishes of sri lanka / List of freshwater fishes in sri lanka gadaya/ Labeo Fisheri Gal padi/Garra ceylonensis Golden rasbora/ hal mal dandia/ Rasbora nigromarginata Heteropneustes fossilis - Stringing catfish - Hunga Heteropneustes microps - Stringing catfish - Hunga- endemic fish to sri lanka Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - silver carp Ipilli kadaya/Puntius bimaculatus/ Redside barb Jonklaas's loach/jonklasige ehirawa/ Lepidocephalus jonklaasi kadu ahirawa / Nemacheilus notostigma / Labeo dussumieri - Common labeo - hiri kanaya Lates calcarifer - Barramundi - Modha/ koduwa Lepidocephalichthys thermalis - Common spiny loah - Ehirawa Lutjanus argentimaculatus - Red snapper - Thambalaya Malpulutta kretseri - Ornate paradisefish - Malpulutta Megalops cyprinoides- Tarpon - ileya Microphis brachyurus - Short-tailed pipefish Microphis ocellatus - ocellated pipefish - Punchi ata theliya Monodactylus argenteus - Kapuwa Mystus gulio - Long whiskered catfish - Anguluwa mystus keletius - Yellow catfish - Path ankutta Mystus vittatus - Striped dwarf catfish - Iri ankutta Ompok bimaculatus - Butter catfish- Walapoththa Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow trout Orange fin labeo - Labeo porcellus Puntius sarana - Olive barb - mas pethiya Rasbora daniconius -Striped rasbora - Dandiya Rasbora wilpita - wilpita dandia Sicyopus jonklaasi - Lipstick goby Tic-tac-toe-barb Tor khudree - Mahseer -Leylla Toxotes chatareus - Archer fish - Dhimitta Xenentodon cancila - Freshwater garfish - yonna Zenarchopterus dispar - Viviparous - Morella
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