Preliminary Analysis of Diversity status With Reference to Pisces from major wetlands of Ajara tahsil of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT The present study emphasized on the preliminary assessment of diversity with reference to Pisces from major wetlands of Ajara tahsil, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India. During study, total 19 species of fish were recorded. Among these, 17 species belonging to 12 genera, 4 families, 3 orders from Gavase wetland. Total 14 species were recorded from Dhangarmola wetland, which are belonging to 11 genera, 3 families and 2 orders. Yarandol wetland exhibited 12 species of fishes belonging to 10 genera, 5 families and 3 orders. Khanapur and Ningudage wetland exhibited 6 species of fishes each belonging to 5 genera at Khanapur and 6 genera at Ningudage wetland, 2 families each and 2 orders each, both being poor in diversity status among all five wetlands. During investigation, it was also revealed that cypriniformes was dominant at all wetlands. Keywords: Ajara tahsil, Wetlands, Preliminary study, Pisces, Diversity. REFERENCES Day Francis (1958). The fishes of India, Vol. I & II. William Dawson and Sons Ltd. London. Forese, R. and Pauly, D., (1998): Fish Base 98: Concepts, Design and Data sources, Manila: ICLARM. pp. 66-94. Jayaram, K. C. (1999): The fresh water fishes of Indian region. Narendra Publication House. Delhi 110006 (India). PP- 551. Jayram, K. C. (2010). The freshwater fishes of the Indian region. 2nd Edition, Narendra Publishing House, Delhi. PP. 616. Jhingram (1992). Fish and fisheries of India. 2nd Edition. Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, India. Kar, D. A. Kumar, C. Bohra and L. K. Singh, (EDS) (2003): Fishes of Barak drainage, Mizoram and Tripura. In: Environment, pollution and management, APH publishing corporation, New Delhi, 604:203-211. Mittermeier, R. A. and C. G. Mitemeier (1997): Megadiversity Earth’s Biological Wealthiest Nation. In Mc Allister, D. E. A Lttamiltion and B. Harvey (Eds). Global Fresh Water Biodiversity Sea Wind Cemex, Mexico City. PP: 1-140. Sachinkumar R. Patil, S. S. Patil and T. V. Sathe (2014) (A). Status of freshwater bodies from Ajara tahsil of Kolhapur district (MS), India with special reference to morphometric characteristics. IOSR-JESTFT, 8 (9), Ver. IV: 17-22. Sachinkumar R. Patil, S. S. Patil, and T. V. Sathe (2014) (B). Comparative analysis of cropping pattern and socioeconomic status of fisherman and farmers in five major wetlands from Ajara tahsil, Kolhapur district (MS), India. IJSET, Vol. 3 (5): 1882 – 1892. Shrivastava, C. B. C. (1999). A text book of fishery science and Indian fisheris, Kitab Mahal Agencies, Allahabab. PP 17-18