Fishes

List of Threatened Fishes in Nepal and their Status

S.N.	Scientific Name	Common Name	Nepali Name	IUCN Status	CITES	NRDB
1	Anabas cobojius	Gangetic Koi	Kabai	Data Deficient	–	–
2	Bagarius bagarius	Goonch	Baghai	Vulnerable	–	–
3	Bagarius yarrelli	Goonch	Baghai	Vulnerable	–	–
4	Barilius radiolatus	Gunther’s Baril	Chala	Data Deficient	–	Susceptible
5	Batasio macronotus	Batasio	–	Data Deficient	–	–
6	Channa barca	Barca Snakehead	–	Data Deficient	–	–
7	Channa orientalis	Walking Snakehead	Bhoti	Vulnerable	–	–
8	Cirrhinus cirrhosus	Mrigal Carp	Jhilke	Vulnerable	–	–
9	Conta conta	Conta Catfish	–	Data Deficient	–	–
10	Cyprinion semiplotum	Assamese Kingfish	Chepti	Vulnerable	–	Susceptible
11	Cyprinus carpio	Common Carp	–	Vulnerable	–	–
12	Erethistoides ascita	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
13	Erethistoides cavatura	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
14	Erethistoides montana	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
15	Glyptothorax conirostris	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
16	Glyptothorax gracilis	Catfish	–	Data Deficient	–	–
17	Glyptothorax kashmirensis	–	–	Critically Endangered	–	–
18	Homaloptera bilineata	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
19	Hypselobarbus micropogon	–	Korhi Barb	Endangered	–	–
20	Aristichthys nobilis	Bighead Carp	–	Data Deficient	–	–
21	Macrognathus lineatomaculatus	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
22	Myersglanis blythii	Stone Cat	–	Data Deficient	–	–
23	Oreochromis mossambicus	Mozambique Tilabia	–	Vulnerable	–	–
24	Pangasianodon hypophthlamus	Striped Catfish	–	Endangered	–	–
25	Physoschistura elongata	Suiree	Dwarf Loach	Vulnerable	–	–
26	Pseudecheneis crassicauda	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
27	Pseudecheneis eddsi	–	–	Data Deficient	–	–
28	Schismatorhynchos nukta	Nukta	Nukta	Endangered	–	–
29	Schistura inglisi	Raigadero	Loach	Vulnerable	–	–
30	Schistura prashadi	Creek Loach	Gadela	Vulnerable	–	–
31	Schizothorax esocinus	Mountain Trout		Vulnerable	–	–
32	Schizothorax molesworthi	Blunt-nosed Snow Trout		Data Deficient	–	Susceptible
33	Schizothorax nepalensis	Snow Trout	Tikhe Asla	Critically Endangered	–	–
34	Schizothorax plagiostomus	Snow Trout	Asla	Vulnerable	–	–
35	Schizothorax raraensis	Snow Trout	Rara Tikhe Asla	Critically Endangered	–	–
36	Schizothorax richardsonii	Snow Trout	Asla	Vulnerable	–	Vulnerable
37	Sisor rheophilus	–	Kirkireee	Data Deficient	–	–
38	Tor chelynoides	Dark Mahseer	Karange	Vulnerable	–	–
39	Tor putitora	Gold Mahseer	Sahar	Endangered	–	–
40	Tor tor	Tor Barb	Falame Saher	Data Deficient	–	Vulnerable
41	Wallago attu	Wallago	Bohari	Vulnerable	–	Endangered
IUCN- International Union for Conservation of Nature CITES- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora NRDB- Nepal’s Red Data Book