INDIA: Fishes and aquatic plants from Himalaya Foothills

By Heiko Bleher

…But I was able to find quite a few fishes – at least 8 species. Along the sandbank several loaches, two were probably Schistura gangetica and Schistura cf. doonensis, and the third is possibly Nemacheilus montana…

…And in the open water where it was flowing very fast I found juvenile Barillius species. There was only one Puntius species, probably Puntius waageni living along the edge only in a still water region where I also found an interesting shrimp. After searching on both sides of the river, up and down river, I was sure to have caught every species living here and while I was really getting cold from walking in this strong currant often down to my chest.…

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