Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2014

Ornamental Fishes of Chandakhola Wetland, Dhubri, Assam, India

Samuel Sheikh, Dr. M. M. Goswami

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The study finds a total of 42 numbers of ornamental fish species recorded in Chandakhola wetland of Dhui district of Assam, India. These ornamental fishes represent 17 ‘families’ and 9 ‘orders’. Family Cyprinidae is represented by a maximum of 10 numbers of species followed by Bagridae (5 numbers). Family Cobitidae, Scheilbeidae, Mastacembelidae, Chandidae and Channidae are having 3 numbers of species each. At the same time family Notopteridae and Claridae are represented by 2 numbers of species each in the wetland, while the rest, out of the 17 families, are represented by single species each. From conservational point of view, the wetland is found to harbour 4 numbers of endangered species and 7 numbers of vulnerable species as per CAMP (1998) ‘status‘ with ‘report‘.  

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Samuel Sheikh, Dr. M.M. Goswami Ornamental Fishes of Chandakhola Wetland, Dhubri, Assam, India International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2014

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