Checklist of fishes of the Bakhira Tal and their conservation status

Abstract

The present study was carried out to assess the ichthyofaunal diversity of Bakhira Tal, a natural wetland in the district Sant Kabir Nagar of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 31 species belonging to 23 genera, 9 orders and 21 families were recorded. Maximum number of species recorded was from the Order Cypriniformes (32.25%), which was followed by Perciformes (25.80%), Siluriformes (16.12%), Ophiocephaliformes (9.67%), Beloniformes (3.22%), Cyprinidontiformes (3.22%), Symbranchiformes (3.22%), Mastacembeleformes (3.22%) and Tetraodontiformes (3.22%). Most of the species recorded in the present study were under Least Concern (29) and two species namely <em>Wallago attu</em> and <em>Ailia coila</em> were found to be under Near Threatened Category of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Species diversity, population structure and conservation status of fishes inhabiting in six different wetlands of Uttar Pradesh

“…They also found the family Cyprinidae showed maximum individual diversity. Later, Bano and Seraiuddin [37] recorded 31 species belonging to 23 genera, 9 orders and 16 families were recorded from Bakhira Tal, Uttar Pradesh. Gautam et al [52] reported 24 species of fishes from Rihand reservoir, Uttar Pradesh.…”

“…Sarwade and Khillare [56] reported 60 species from Ujani wetland where Cyprinidae was dominant with 36 species. Das and Sabitry [57] reported 62 ornamental fish species from the river island, Masuli, Assam where as Cyprinidae was dominant with 10 species reported from Asan wetland, Dehradun by Ishaq and Khan [58] .Kumar et al [19] reported 6 species from Sandi wetland where as Bano and Seraiuddin [37] recorded 10 species from Bakhira Tal, Uttar Pradesh. Das [18] studied the occurrence of 40 species of fishes belonging to 31 genera under six orders and 15 families from Rasik beel wetlands, West Bengal.…”

“…All these wetlands are a hotspot for large number of living organisms including fish, birds, aquatic plants and animals and these wetlands attracted several bird species and heaven for variety of bird species, but not much known of about other fauna species including fishes of six wetland of Uttar Pradesh. Some fragmentary work has been done on fish diversity of wetlands ecosystem of Uttar Pradesh by Bano and Serajuddin and Prakash and Singh [37,38] . Therefore, the present paper attempted to explore the species diversity, distribution and population structures of six different wetlands, namely, Patna, Nawabganj, Sandi, Lakh Bahosi, Saman and Sur Sarovar of Uttar Pradesh.…”