Inland Fisheries

3.1.4.4 Desert rivers

          These rivers flow for some distance and disappear in the deserts of Rajasthan. These rivers include Luni, Machai, Rupen, Saraswati, Baner and Ghaggar. The major fishes found in these rivers are Amblypharyngodon mola, Bari bendelansis, Botia geto, Catla catla, Cirrhina mrigala, C. reba, Labeo spp, Danio devario, D. rerio, Tor tor, Nemacheilus botia, Puntius spp, Rasbora daniconius, Mastacembelus armatus, Channa spp., Trichogaster fasciatus, Clarias batrachus, Mystus spp, Heteropneustes fossilis, Wallago attu, Notopterus spp., etc.