National Research Centre for Riverine & Lake Fisheries (DOL-NRCRLF)

The National Research Centre for Riverine & Lake Fisheries, Haa has made detailed surveys and inventories of Bhutan's three western river basins and their tributaries.
Contact: Singye Tshering, Program Director and Karma Wangchuk, Sr. Livestock Production Officer (karmaw@moaf.gov.bt)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 19 April 2018
Rights Holder: Royal Government of Bhutan
Collection Statistics:
  • 330 specimen records
  • 265 (80%) georeferenced
  • 1 (0.3%) with images
  • 225 (68%) identified to species
  • 16 families
  • 24 genera
  • 30 species
  • 30 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
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  • Amblycipitidae (15)
  • Badidae (10)
  • Bagridae (1)
  • Balitoridae (4)
  • Channidae (36)
  • Cichlidae (1)
  • Clariidae (1)
  • Cyprinidae (214)
  • Erethistidae (10)
  • Garrinae (9)
  • Gobiidae (2)
  • Mastacembelidae (3)
  • Rasborinae (1)
  • Salmonidae (2)
  • Siluridae (4)
  • Sisoridae (12)