Freshwater Fish Species in Irrawaddy River [Central Myanmar (Burma)]

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Fish Species in Irrawaddy River Formed by the confluence of Mali and Nmai rivers in Upper Myanmar, flows through central Myanmar into the Bay of Bengal through several mouths near Rangoon
[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=43]
Species	Family	Habitat	Length (cm)	Trophic level	Status

Acanthocobitis botia

Balitoridae

demersal

11 TL

3.0

native

Amblyceps murraystuarti

Amblycipitidae

benthopelagic

0 TL

native

Badis corycaeus

Nandidae

benthopelagic

0 TL

native

Badis ruber

Nandidae

benthopelagic

0 TL

native

Balitora burmanica

Balitoridae

demersal

10 TL

2.0

native

Barbodes heterostomus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

29 TL

3.0

native

Barbodes margarianus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

20 TL

2.9

native

Batasio dayi

Bagridae

benthopelagic

0 TL

native

Botia histrionica

Cobitidae

demersal

17 TL

3.2

native

Botia rostrata

Cobitidae

demersal

17 TL

3.2

native

Chaca chaca

Chacidae

demersal

20 TL

4.5

native

Chagunius nicholsi

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

38 TL

2.8

native

Channa panaw

Channidae

benthopelagic

21 TL

3.8

native

Cirrhinus inornatus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

16 TL

2.2

native

Danio albolineatus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

8 TL

3.3

native

Danio apogon

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

7 TL

3.3

native

Danio choprae

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

3 TL

3.0

native

Danio interruptus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

8 TL

3.2

native

Danio kakhienensis

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

12 TL

3.2

native

Danio shanensis

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

7 TL

3.3

native

Dario dayingensis

Nandidae

benthopelagic

3 TL

native

Dario hysginon

Nandidae

benthopelagic

0 TL

native

Gagata gagata

Sisoridae

demersal

31 TL

3.0

native

Gagata gasawyuh

Sisoridae

benthopelagic

19 TL

3.0

native

Gagata melanopterus

Sisoridae

benthopelagic

19 TL

3.0

native

Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei

Cobitidae

demersal

16 TL

3.6

native

Mystus rufescens

Bagridae

demersal

18 TL

3.1

native

Nemacheilus sikmaiensis

Balitoridae

benthopelagic

9 TL

2.5

native

Neonoemacheilus peguensis

Balitoridae

demersal

7 TL

2.9

native

Notopterus notopterus

Notopteridae

demersal

74 TL

3.5

native

Oreoglanis insignis

Sisoridae

benthopelagic

0 TL

native

Oreoglanis macropterus

Sisoridae

benthopelagic

7 TL

3.2

native

Oryzias latipes

Adrianichthyidae

benthopelagic

4 TL

3.4

native

Oryzias sinensis

Adrianichthyidae

benthopelagic

4 TL

2.7

native

Oryzias uwai

Adrianichthyidae

benthopelagic

2 TL

2.4

native

Pseudecheneis sulcata

Sisoridae

demersal

20 TL

3.0

native

Puntius ticto

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

10 TL

2.5

native

Raiamas guttatus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

37 TL

3.9

native

Schistura acuticephalus

Balitoridae

benthopelagic

4 TL

2.8

endemic

Schistura malaisei

Balitoridae

benthopelagic

6 TL

2.9

native

Schistura moeiensis

Balitoridae

benthopelagic

7 TL

2.7

native

Schistura paucifasciata

Balitoridae

benthopelagic

8 TL

2.6

endemic

Schistura vinciguerrae

Balitoridae

benthopelagic

10 TL

2.5

native

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Page generated June 30, 2003 from Fishbase.org. Page created by: Jen, 15.11.01, last modified by Jen, 20.09.02.