15Jun 2013

ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF NARMADA RIVER OF OMKARESHWAR REGION IN KHANDWA DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH.

  • Department of Zoology, Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore, M.P.
  • Department of Biotechnology, Adarsh Institute of Management and Science, Dhamnod, M.P.
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The river Narmada is the longest westerly flowing river of the country and total length of 1,312 kilometers flowing between the famous Vindhyas and Satpura ranges. The present work has been conducted to assess the ichthyofaunal diversity of a stretch of Narmada river during year 2010-2011 in the Omkareshwar region, situated between latitude (DMS) 22?15?1? N and longitude (DMS) 76?8?48? E. The study was conducted in monsoon, post monsoon, winter and summer seasons. During the present survey of Narmada river 59 fish species were recorded, which belong to 7 orders, 17 families and 34 genera.

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[Meenakshi Chouhan, Anis Siddiqui and Shailendra Sharma. (2013); ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF NARMADA RIVER OF OMKARESHWAR REGION IN KHANDWA DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH. Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Jun). 3007-3011] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Meenakshi Chouhan
Department of Zoology, Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore, M.P.

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