Volume : II, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Fish Fauna of Himachal Pradesh: A Case Study

Jagtap H. S.

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Biodiversity affects the capacity of living systems to respond to changes in the environment, and is essential for providing goods and services from ecosystems (e.g., nutrient cycling, clean water). As well as having intrinsic value, biodiversity has aesthetic value: many of us have admired the wonderful colours and shapes of fishes. In Himachal Pradesh 61 species of fish observed, belongs into 13 families. The species wise and family wise distribution is Notopteridae (02), Cyprinidae (36), Cobitidae (05), Siluridae (02), Bagridae (04), Amblycipitidae (01), Sisoridae (03), Schilbeidae (01), Belonidae (01), Muglidae (01), Channidae (03), Anabantidae (01), Mastocembelidae (01).

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Jagtap H. S. Fish Fauna of Himachal Pradesh: A Case Study International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 7 July 2013

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