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Fish Biodiversity of Gomti River at Sultanpur District of U.P.
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Zoology
Abstract
An attempt has been made to study the fish fauna naturally occurring in the Gomti River at Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The survey was focussed mainly on fish biodiversity and undertaken during the year 2021. A total of 41 species of fishes belonging to 28 genera, 16 families and 8 orders were identified. Cyprinidae were found most dominant family represented by 10 species followed by Bagridae with 4 species, Ophiocephalidae with 3 species. Rest other families were represented by 2or 1 species.
Keywords
Fish diversity, Fish fauna, Gomti river,
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How to cite this paper
@article{1703353,
author = {Radha Krishna},
title = {Fish Biodiversity of Gomti River at Sultanpur District of U.P.},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2022},
volume = {5},
number = {10},
pages = {99-101},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1703353.pdf},
abstract = {An attempt has been made to study the fish fauna naturally occurring in the Gomti River at Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The survey was focussed mainly on fish biodiversity and undertaken during the year 2021. A total of 41 species of fishes belonging to 28 genera, 16 families and 8 orders were identified. Cyprinidae were found most dominant family represented by 10 species followed by Bagridae with 4 species, Ophiocephalidae with 3 species. Rest other families were represented by 2or 1 species.},
keywords = {Fish diversity, Fish fauna, Gomti river,},
month = {April},
}