Devario aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839)

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

36. Devario aequipinnatus (McClelland, 1839)

1839. Perilampus equipinnatus McClelland, Asiatic Res. , 19 (2): 3973, pl. 60, Figure 1 (type locality, Assam).

1858. Leuciscus lineolatus Blyth, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal , 27 (3): 289.

Common name(s): Giant danio.

Local Name(s): Tapio (Nyishi)

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-539 , 7 exs., 17.9 to

47.9 mm, Siro River, Siro village, Ziro, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 21.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-544 , 3 exs., 46.9 to 61.9 mm, Sunya stream, Old Ziro, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 21.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-555 , 16 exs., 31.3 to 56.6 mm, Ranga (Panyor) river, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

24.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-567 , 29 exs. ,

26.2 to 65.2 mm, Ranga (Panyor) river, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 05.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-574 , 11 exs., 44.9 to 77.7 mm, Kelle stream, Yachuli, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 07.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-575 , 8 exs., 33.4 to 57.5 mm, Pein river , Tamen, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 09.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-581 , 6 exs., 47.8 to 58.7 mm, Kelle-Pein stream, Yazali, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 07.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-628 , 5 exs., 35.6 to 65.1 mm, Pow river , Takam Pasa village , Yazali, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 17.iii.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-633 , 3 exs., 61.5 to 71.7 mm, Ranga (Panyor) River, Rub village, Downstream of Dam , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 18.iii.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-761 , 8 exs., 45.6 to 56.3 mm, Pai stream, Pai village , Tamen, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 13.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-770 , 7 exs., 69.6 to 76.3 mm, Sim stream, Godak, Raga, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 12.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party .

Distribution: INDIA:Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, East Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, West Siang, Lohit, Tirap, Changlang; Throughout India. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Combodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater, brackish; benthopelagic. Inhabits low-lying streams.

IUCN Status: Least Concern