Fish of South Asia
116 fish from South Asia on EveryFish so far.
Fish places
Vembanad and the Kerala backwaters 7Sassoon Dock, Mumbai 2Chilika Lake 1The Andaman Islands 1Corbett and the RamgangaEast Kolkata WetlandsGariahat market, KolkataHowrah wholesale fish marketICAR-CIFA, BhubaneswarKasimedu, ChennaiKochi and the Chinese fishing netsLakshadweepLoktak LakeMangaluru fishing harbourRatnagiri and the Konkan coastThe GangesThe HooghlyThe MaldivesThe Padma and Meghna at ChandpurThe SundarbansVeravalWestern Ghats rivers and the Kaveri
Events
World Fisheries DayNational Fish Farmers' DayMagh Bihu and Uruka community fishingMatsya JayantiNarali PurnimaHilsa season in BengalMonsoon fishing ban, India's west coastFishing ban, India's east coast
Countries
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreButter catfish
Asian sheatfish valued for delicate flesh and fish balls.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRohu
A large silver carp from South Asian rivers, farmed for food and prized as a game fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreIndian threadfin
A large coastal fish with distinctive long fin filaments.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1804
🇮🇳 IndiaKryptoglanis shajii
A tiny blind cave catfish from KeralaCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaIndian blind catfish
A tiny, eyeless catfish living in underground wells in India.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1948
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreCommon snowtrout
A cold-water cyprinid from Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreGolden barb
Small Asian cyprinid found in rivers and aquariumsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaZebra loach
A small, striped freshwater fish from India's Western Ghats, kept in aquariums and eaten locally.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1920
🇦🇺 AustraliaLungfish
Ancient freshwater fish that breathe air and have lobed fins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZebrafish
Small striped fish from South Asia kept in aquariums and labsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreGolden mahseer
Large cyprinid fish from Himalayan riversCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaChalakudy barb
Small colourful cyprinid from the Western Ghats rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
South AsiaGreen spotted puffer
Small brackish water pufferfish with a tiny genomeOther · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇩 IndonesiaKuhli loach
A slender, nocturnal freshwater fish from Southeast Asia popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreSilond catfish
Large schilbid catfish native to South Asian rivers.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreVacha catfish
A schilbid catfish native to South Asia.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreOne-stripe spiny eel
Small spiny eel from South Asian fresh and brackish watersEel · Rivers and lakes
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 2 moreCherry barb
Small tropical freshwater fish from Sri Lanka, popular in aquariums for its bright red colour.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1929
🇱🇰 Sri LankaVateria Flower Rasbora
Small freshwater fish from Sri Lanka streamsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇱🇰 Sri LankaCeylonese combtail
Aggressive labyrinth fish from Sri LankaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreClimbing perch
Amphibious freshwater fish capable of breathing air and moving on land.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇱🇰 Sri LankaAsoka barb
A fast-swimming cyprinid endemic to Sri Lankan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇱🇰 Sri LankaOrnate paradisefish
A tiny carnivorous gourami from Sri Lankan streams.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreAsian stinging catfish
A small freshwater catfish with a painful stingCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCotio
Small river fish of the Ganges and Brahmaputra basinsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreChaca chaca
A burrowing angler catfish from South Asian rivers with a flattened body and ambush hunting style.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSwamp barb
Small tropical freshwater fish from South AsiaCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHoney gourami
Small orange freshwater fish from India and BangladeshOther · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreGiant danio
Large, active freshwater fish from South and Southeast Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreDwarf gourami
Small South Asian freshwater fish with vibrant colours.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMalabar danio
A small, striped freshwater fish from India and Sri Lanka.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1849
🇮🇳 IndiaDwarf pufferfish
A tiny freshwater pufferfish from India prized for its bright colours and small size in home aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1941
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreBanded gourami
Small tropical air-breathing fish with striped patternsPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1801
🇮🇳 IndiaSun catfish
A yellow catfish with a black shoulder spot from India.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaPondicherry shark
A rare, small grey requiem shark from Indo-Pacific coasts.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
🇮🇳 IndiaBorna snakehead
A rare small snakehead from the Chel River.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreSpotted snakehead
Small carnivorous fish from South AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaGollum snakehead
Subterranean fish from Kerala aquifersOther · Rivers and lakes · 2019
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreDwarf snakehead
Small freshwater fish native to southern AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreGiant river-catfish
Large bagrid catfish from South Asian riversCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreLong-whiskered catfish
Large Asian catfish prized for food and sport.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGoonch catfish
A massive river catfish native to South Asia.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePengba
A ray-finned fish native to Manipur and Myanmar.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSchizothorax plagiostomus
A high-altitude cyprinid from the Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaGarra gotyla
A small South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreRita
Large bagrid catfish from South Asian riversCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZig-zag eel
A large freshwater spiny eel native to South and Southeast Asia, known for its zigzag pattern and predatory habits.Eel · Rivers and lakes · 1777
🇮🇳 IndiaGangetic leaffish
A small Asian fish found in slow rivers and ponds across South Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Butter catfish: Nilesh Heda, Public domain, source
- Rohu: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Common snowtrout: L. Shyamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zebra loach: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lungfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Zebrafish: Roundish, CC0, source
- Golden mahseer: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green spotted puffer: Starseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Kuhli loach: Iidkk, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Silond catfish: Francis Day and Suzini, Public domain, source
- Vacha catfish: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- One-stripe spiny eel: Nilesh Heda, Public domain, source
- Cherry barb: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vateria Flower Rasbora: Rupert A. Collins, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ceylonese combtail: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Climbing perch: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Asoka barb: (c) Wich'yanan L, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- Ornate paradisefish: Klaus de Leuw, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Asian stinging catfish: Maxim Gavrilyuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cotio: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Chaca chaca: Dr. Keshav Kumar Jha, CC BY 3.0, source
- Swamp barb: AravindManoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Honey gourami: Antoondommerholt at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant danio: Faucon, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Dwarf gourami: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Malabar danio: Original uploader was Przemysław Malkowski ( Pmalkowski at en.wikipedi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dwarf pufferfish: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Sun catfish: Saleeshkumar2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pondicherry shark: J.A.F. Garrick, Public domain, source
- Spotted snakehead: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gollum snakehead: Ralf Britz, Neelesh Dahanukar, V. K. Anoop, Siby Philip, Brett Clark,, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dwarf snakehead: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Giant river-catfish: Staticd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Long-whiskered catfish: Sufe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Goonch catfish: Henry Sullivan Thomas, Public domain, source
- Pengba: Achilles, Public domain, source
- Garra gotyla: Natgez, Public domain, source
- Rita: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Zig-zag eel: Printer Swaine., Public domain, source
- Gangetic leaffish: Nilesh Heda, Public domain, source