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A Study on Fish Diversity of Champabati River in Bongaigaon District, Assam

Author(s) Dr. Pori Devi
Country India
Abstract The present study “Fish Diversity of Champabati River in Bongaigaon district with special reference to ornamental fish” was carried out with an objective to investigate the fish diversity especially ornamental fish diversity in the river Champabati of the district Bongaigaon, Assam. To facilitate the research objective, the tributary was divided into three different stations at regular distance. Field surveys were conducted from May, 2022 to June, 2023. For catching the fishes mainly cast net, floating gill net, boat seine, rod and hook line, etc were used. A total of 453 Number of fishes were collected, among which 218 number of fish were form Station I, 155 number of fishes were from station II and 80 number of fishes were from Station III. Altogether 36 Ornamental Fish species belonging to 09 orders and 19 families were observed in the study area. Among the total fish species, Cyprinidae family constitutes the largest group consisting of 13 species, followed by family Channidae consisting 03 species. The highest frequency occurrence of order Cypriniformes was 41.22% and of family Cyprinidae was 36.11%. The most common fish species found in all station were Puntius sophore, Glossogobius guiris, Aspidoparia morar, Trichogaster fasciata, Puntius titco, Labeo bata, Amblypharyngodon mola, Cirrhinus reba etc.
Keywords Fish Diversity, Ornamental fish, Champabati River, Tributary
Field Biology > Zoology
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-05
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.62685

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