Survey And Ichthyofauna of Great Zab River in Deralok Hydropower Plant

Abstract

The objective of the study is to upgrade the knowledge of fish comportments in the special sector of Great Zab river where has to be construct the Weir for Deralok Hydropower Plant; in way of collected all information related to the actual life of fish and to find out the fishes that are naturally found in Deralok during the period from December 2013 to February 2015 in the sector to be affected by the weir for adding extra information about fishes' habits and immigration of fishes. A total of 82 freshwater fishes from Deralok during the survey period, belong to 11 species, namely:

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“…These include legal fishing and hunting practices (Khaefi et al, 2017). There is an urgent need to conduct a survey of most of the water bodies of the Kurdistan region to follow the spread of some nuisance fishes and to get more information about fish biodiversity at Duhok (Mizory & Abdulrahman, 2019). The aim of the study was to observe the biodiversity of fishes in five stations in Duhok province through the seasons.…”