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Icthyofaunal Diversity in the Water Bodies of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India


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1 Dept. of Zoology, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata- 700033, India
2 Kamarhati Sagore Dutt Free High School (H.S), Kolkata-700058, India
3 Aquaculture Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India
     

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Freshwater fish distribution and diversity status of Murshidabad district, West Bengal was studied from January, 2010 to December, 2010. We documented 66 fish species under 49 genera, 29 families and 8 orders during the study period from different perennial ponds, beels and rivers which are geographically located within or flow through the Murshidabad district. This district being a transitional zone between the North Bengal and south Bengal region, the study would help in the preparation of district-wise and zone-wise database of icthyofauna at the state level and in the implementation of conservation practices through the Government and various Non- Government Organizations.

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Diversity, Perennial, Transitional, Database, Icthyofauna, Conservation.
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Authors

Banani Mandal
Dept. of Zoology, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata- 700033, India
Arunava Mukherjee
Kamarhati Sagore Dutt Free High School (H.S), Kolkata-700058, India
Samir Banerjee
Aquaculture Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India

Abstract


Freshwater fish distribution and diversity status of Murshidabad district, West Bengal was studied from January, 2010 to December, 2010. We documented 66 fish species under 49 genera, 29 families and 8 orders during the study period from different perennial ponds, beels and rivers which are geographically located within or flow through the Murshidabad district. This district being a transitional zone between the North Bengal and south Bengal region, the study would help in the preparation of district-wise and zone-wise database of icthyofauna at the state level and in the implementation of conservation practices through the Government and various Non- Government Organizations.

Keywords


Diversity, Perennial, Transitional, Database, Icthyofauna, Conservation.

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