Parvej Kumar, Dushyant Kumar Damle, Madabhushi Sesha Chari

Ichthyofauna in Water Resources of District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Fish Biodiversity in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh State in India

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Produktbeschreibung

Rajnandgaon district has many hilly forests, plateau areas and varied natural aquatic resources suitable for agriculture and fisheries. Because biodiversity is important for sustainable ecosystem conservation so this district was selected for the study purpose. Fish diversity studies were done in the five river basins viz., (i) Sheonath basin (ii) Baghnadi basin (iii) Kotrinadi basin (iv)Pairynadi basin and (v) Aamer basin. In the present study a total of 63 species belonging to 37 genera, 20 families and 7 orders were recorded from 14 sampling sites with seven new species: Crossocheilus latius, Colisa lalia, Labeo dero, Labeo dyocheilus, Pseudambassis lala, Puntius amphibious and Ompok pabda. Sheonath, Baghnadi, Kotrinadi, Pairynadi and Aamer rivers have 59, 46, 48, 45 and 44 species respectively. The family Cyprinidae with 26 species forms the largest single group in the fish fauna of Rajnandgaon district. Likewise 10 species were assessed for threat as per National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India. criteria; they are two endangered species and eight vulnerable species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9783659803673
• ISBN-10: 3659803677
• Artikelnr.: 44399561

Autorenporträt

Mr. Parvez Kolhe is working as Assistant Fishery Officer in Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, India. Professor Madabhushi Sesha Chari is presently working as Principal Scientist in Indira Gandhi Agricultural University,Raipur.Dushyant Kumar Damle is Assistant Professor/Scientist in Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya,Durg.