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Synopsis The present check-list is based on personal survey of the Peninsular rivers especially, the west flowing drainages of the Western Ghats. I have taken into consideration all the available knowledge of the taxonomy and distribution of freshwater fishes of India in bringing out the present list of valid species, numbering 446 primary freshwater fishes occurring within the political boundaries of continental India. For each species, the original reference followed by references to papers dealing especially with actual specimens obtained from the region are given. Complete synonymies of all the species with the exact limits of distribution, habitat, the maximum size attained and the status of the threatened species according to the IUCN (1988) categories are also given.