Abstract

The Pambar River and its tributary Chinnar, one of the three east flowing rivers of Kerala, passing through Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary were surveyed in June, 1995. The list of species collected, along with notes on some species of interest is given. Eleven species of fishes belonging to three families were collected from the area. Most of these are widely distributed throughout Western Ghats. However, of these, Barilius bendelisis is a new record from Kerala and Garra menoni is the second report of the species from a different location. The presence of Garra menoni (Remadevi and Indra), described originally from the west flowing Kunthi river adds further importance to the fish fauna of Chinnar