www.ijstr.org Fish Species Availability In The Fish Landing

2012 to December 2012 to know the present status of freshwater, brackish water and marine species variety and their relative abundance in Patuakhali, the coastal district of Bangladesh. Almost all the major fish landing centers (seven) were surveyed using questionnaire. A total of 138 inland and marine water fish and crustacean species were observed. Out of 138, 126 species belongs to finfish and rest 12 species to crustacean. Amongst the fin fish species, 61 were freshwater, 10 exotic and 55 marine water species. Twenty one fish species were found both in marine and freshwater. Eighteen species were detecte