A preliminary survey on the ichthyospecies diversity of Hasila Beel, Urpad Beel, Kumri Beel, Sidli Beel and Seksekia Beel in the Goalpara district of Assam, India.
- Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar 788011, Assam, India.
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In the present piece of work, a preliminary survey on the fish species diversity have been carried out in the five different Beels of Goalpara district of Assam, India during December 2014 to May 2015. The ichthyospecies diversity revealed, 30 species of fishes from Hasila Beel (where fishes belonging to order Cypriniformes (40%) is dominating the others) ; 27 species from Urpad Beel (Perciformes (40%) is dominant order and Beloniformes the least),26 species from Kumri Beel (Cypriniformes (38%) the most abundant), 29 Species from Sidli Beel (Cypriniformes (48%) is the most abundant and Beloniformes (4%) the least and 31 fish species from Seksekia Beel (39% of the fishes belongs to Cypriniformes, 3% belongs to Beloniformes and Osteoglossiformes.). From the present study, The fishes belonging to the order Cyprinniformes have been recorded as the most abundant and Beloniformes the least in all the Beels except Urpad Beel where perciformes were dominanting over others.
[Akan Barhai, Satyajit Das, Biplab Kumar Das and Devashish Kar (2015); A preliminary survey on the ichthyospecies diversity of Hasila Beel, Urpad Beel, Kumri Beel, Sidli Beel and Seksekia Beel in the Goalpara district of Assam, India. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Jun). 678-684] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
