Important freshwater fishes

IMPORTANT FRESHWATER FISHES


Major cultivable freshwater fishes

Taxonomic Group

Common name

Scientific Name

Freshwater catfish

Indian

Clarias batrachus

Blue

Ictalurus furcatus

Channel

I. punctatus

Carps

Carp, bighead

Aristichthys nobilis

Catla

Catla catla

Common

Cyprinus carpio

Grass

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Mrigal

Cirrhinus mrigala

Mud

Cirrhinus molitorella

Rohu

Labeo rohita

Silver

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Salmon

Atlantic

Salmo salar

Murrel

Snakehead

Channa striatus

Tilapia

Blue

Oreochromis aureus

Mozambique

O. mossambicus

Nile

O. niloticus

Red hybrid

Various crosses

Trout

Brown

Salmo trutta

Rainbow

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Prawn

Giant freshwater prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

 

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