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Description: The fish is dull brown colored , dorsally darker. Two raws of dark blotches are apparent on the sides.

Size: Upto 4cm

Habitat: The ornate paradisefish or spotted gourami is a species of gourami endemic to Sri Lanka. It inhabits shallow, slow-flowing streams in forested areas shaded with plentiful vegetation near the edges and a substrate covered by leaf litter.

Breeding:Eggs

Status:Endemic .

Malpulutta kretseri - Ornate paradisefish - Malpulutta/මල් පුලුට්ටා

Description: The body is usually chocolate brown with lighter reticulation throughout. Ras of unpaired fins bear 3-5 rows of spots.

Size: Upto 15cm

Habitat: lagoon and freshwater

Breeding:Eggs

Status:Indigenous

Eleotris fusca - Brown gudgeon - Puwakbadilla/ පුවක් බඩ්ල්ලා

Description: The sides are brownish yellow, darker dorsally. There are several rows of tiny red dots along the sides.

Size: Upto 7cm

Habitat:lagoons / tanks in dry zone

Breeding:egg

Status:EIndigenous

Etroplus maculatus - Orange chromide - Kaha koraliya/කහ කොරලියා

Description: The fish is overall greenish yellow, becoming lighter ventrally. There are about five dark brown blotch like bars on the sides.

Size: Upto 40cm

Habitat: Mangroove habitats

Breeding:egg leyers

Status:Indigenous

Toxotes chatareus - Archer fish - Dhimitta/දිමිත්තා

Description: Overall pink to brownish red, darker dorsally.

Size: Upto 100cm

Habitat:mangrove areas and fresh water bodies

Breeding:not observed

Status:Indigenous

Lutjanus argentimaculatus - Red snapper - Thambalaya/තම්බලයා

Description: Dorsally it is golden brown .The sides are silvery. The fins are brown, the paired fins being lighter. juveniles have a white stripe running from the base of the dorsal fin to the tip of the snout and several light bloches on the sides.

Size: Upto 200cm

Habitat: deep rocky pools

Breeding:egg leyers

Status:Indigenous

Lates calcarifer - Barramundi - Modha/ koduwa මොධා / කොඩුවා

Description: A small elongate fish. The dorsal surface is reddish brown, the sides lightening to dull ellow. There are about 48 bony rings along the whole of the fish.

Size: Upto 10-12cm

Habitat:slow flowing water bodies

Breeding:not observed

Status: Indigenous

Microphis ocellatus - ocellated pipefish - Punchi ata theliya/ පුංචි ඇට තෙලියා

Description: This fish is dorsally olive brown, greenish on the sides. The male has green reflections on the side and a bright green spot on the opercle.

Size: Upto 2cm

Habitat: still water bodies in coastal and brackish with high vegetation

Breeding:egg leyers

Status:Indigenous.

Aplocheilus parvus - Drarf panchax - Udda/උඩඩා

Description: A slim fish with elongate jaws bearing rows of sharp teeth. The dorsal and anal fins are positioned far back. dorsal olive green.

Size: Upto 30cm

Habitat: Fast flowing water bodies with rocky ans sandy

Breeding:not observed

Status:Indigenous.

Xenentodon cancila - Freshwater garfish - yonna/යොන්නා

Description: same as rasbora sp. but red body

Size: Upto 5-15cm

Habitat: Fast flowing water bodies with rocky ans sandy

Breeding:egg layers

Status:Endemic. Rare species.

Rasbora wilpita - wilpita dandia / විල්පිට දණ්ඩියා

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(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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Description: The fish is dull brown colored , dorsally darker. Two raws of dark blotches are apparent on the sides.

Description: The body is usually chocolate brown with lighter reticulation throughout. Ras of unpaired fins bear 3-5 rows of spots.

Description: The sides are brownish yellow, darker dorsally. There are several rows of tiny red dots along the sides.

Description: The fish is overall greenish yellow, becoming lighter ventrally. There are about five dark brown blotch like bars on the sides.

Description: Overall pink to brownish red, darker dorsally.

Description: Dorsally it is golden brown .The sides are silvery. The fins are brown, the paired fins being lighter. juveniles have a white stripe running from the base of the dorsal fin to the tip of the snout and several light bloches on the sides.

Description: A small elongate fish. The dorsal surface is reddish brown, the sides lightening to dull ellow. There are about 48 bony rings along the whole of the fish.

Description: This fish is dorsally olive brown, greenish on the sides. The male has green reflections on the side and a bright green spot on the opercle.

Description: A slim fish with elongate jaws bearing rows of sharp teeth. The dorsal and anal fins are positioned far back. dorsal olive green.

Description: same as rasbora sp. but red body

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