Two collectons of fish were made at different 1954, from the Bhavani and Moyar rivers and some of their tributeries. The first collection mainly from the Moyar watreshed, was made February to April. The second collection was made from both rivers from September to November. Since the collection is a firky representetive of type area surveyed and the Moyar river of the north-eastern face of the Nilgiri hills. Since the publication of Day's volumer of fihes in the fauna of British India series (1889) the only other comprehensive list of fishes of the Nilgiri and Wynad Hills is that given by Hora 1942. The present collection, which comprises of 2380 specimens, can be reffered to 48 species and was made at different altitudes.