ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF THE PAKHANJORE DAM DIST KANKER, CG, INDIA

ABSTRACT The survey was under taken for Ichthyofaunal diversity study in the Pakhanjore Reservoir of Canker District. The survey was mainly focused on Ichthyofaunal diversity. 25 Species of fishes belonging to 5 orders 11 family and 20 genera was recorded during the study. Cyprinidae were most dominat group represent by 12 species , Siluridae with 2 species, Ophiocephalidae with 2 species, Bagridae 1 species, Mestacemballidae with 2 species, Saccobranchidae 1 species, Claridae 1species, Centropomidae 1species,Notopteridae 1 species, Gobiidae 1species and Cichlidae 1 species. This is first ever study on the fish diversity of this reservoir and would help in explore the fish fauna of Pakhanjore Dam REFERENCES Day, F. (1875):The fishes of India, being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the sea and freshwater of India, Burmaand Ceylon.,Test and atlas, 4 port London. Das, S.K and Chand B.k (2003):Limnology and biodiversity of ichthyofauna a pond of Southern Orissa J.Ecotoxic. Environ. Monit. 13(2); 97-102. Goswmi, T.K and M.M. Goswami (2006): Icthyofauna diversity and catch statics of Jasmalis method in Kamrup district of Assam, India. Jayaram K.C (1981): “The Fresh water fishes of India’’ ZSI 1-438. Jayaram, K.C. (1999): The fresh water Fishes of India, Hindustan publising corporation (India), Dehli. Jhingran V.G (1983). Fish and fisheries of India 1st Edn. Hindustan Publishing corporation, New Delhi. P. 660 Kumar, D (2001). Fish productivity of ecologically different ponds with references to carps and air breathing fishes. J. Inland Fish. Soc. India, 33, 8-16 Mathew, P.M., B.K. Singh and D.P. Chakrobortthy (1979). Stocking of fry in composite fish culture. In: symposium on Inland Aqaculture, CIFRI, Barrackpore.pp. 1-44. Muddana, V (1971). Fresh water fishes of Mysore state, their vernacular name, distribution, growth, breeding and fishery. Univ. Agric. Sci., Res. Series, Bangalore, India. Menon, A.G.K.(1999): Checklist of freshwater fishes of india. Z.S.I. Kolkata. Mishra, K.S (1962): An aid to the identification of the common commercial fishes of India and Pakistan. Rec. India Mus. Sen T.K. (1995). Fauna of Indravati Tiger Reserve, conservation area series. Zoological Survey of India, 6, 61-70. Sharma H.S. (2007). Fresh water Fishes, In Fauna of Madhyapradesh, State fauna series, 15(10, 147-244. Shrivastav G.J. (1991).Fishes of Easter Uttar Pradesh, Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, VaranasiTalwar P.K and Jhinngran K.C. (1991). Indland fishes of India and adjacent countries, 3(1and 2) Oxford and IBH Co.Pvt. Ltd, New Dehli