<Li> <P> Denison's barb is threatened from habitat loss and is now bred in captivity </P> </Li> <P> Denison's barb is threatened from habitat loss and is now bred in captivity </P> <P> As of 2004, 288 freshwater fish species are listed for the Western Ghats, including 35 also known from brackish or marine water . Several new species have been described from the region since then (e.g., Dario urops and S. sharavathiensis). There are 118 endemic species, including 12 genera entirely restricted to the Western Ghats (Betadevario, Dayella, Horabagrus, Horalabiosa, Hypselobarbus, Indoreonectes, Lepidopygopsis, Longischistura, Mesonoemacheilus, Parapsilorhynchus, Rohtee and Travancoria). </P> <P> There is a higher fish richness in the southern part of the Western Ghats than in the northern, and the highest is in the Chalakudy River, which alone holds 98 species . Other rivers with high species numbers include the Periyar, Bharatapuzha, Pamba and Chaliyar, as well as upstream tributaries of the Kaveri, Pambar, Bhavani and Krishna rivers . The most species rich families are the Cyprinids (72 species), hillstream loaches (34 species; including stone loaches, now regarded a separate family), Bagrid catfishes (19 species) and Sisorid catfishes (12 species). The region is home to several brilliantly colored ornamental fishes like Denison's (or red line torpedo) barb, several species of Dawkinsia barbs, zebra loach, Horabagrus catfish, dwarf pufferfish and dwarf Malabar pufferfish . The rivers are also home to Osteobrama bakeri, and larger species such as the Malabar snakehead and Malabar mahseer . A few are adapted to an underground life, including some Monopterus swampeels, and the catfish Horaglanis and Kryptoglanis . </P>

Amount of rainfall in rainforests of western ghats