Author(s): Sudha Shukla and Sadguru Prakash

Abstract: Fishesare very important components of the wetlands and they play an important rolein food wed. The results of the present study reveal that occurrence of 28 fishspecies belonging to 21 genera 15 families and 7 orders. The member of orderSiluriformes were dominated by 9 species followed by Cypriniformes (7 species);Perciformes (05 species),Ophiocephaliformes (02 species), Clupeiformes (02 species), Synbranciformes (02species), and Beloniformes (01 species). All the species identified in the presentstudy are reporting first time under mopping survey programme. It is concludedthat the fish in this areaare under threat due to anthropogenic activities suchas overfishing and pollution of the fresh waterbodies.

DOI: 10.22271/fish.2024.v12.i6b.3099

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