Fishes of Chembarampakkam lake – a wetland in the outskirts of Chennai

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Ichthyofaunal diversity of the Adyar Wetland complex, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, southern India

“…Ichthyofaunal constituents of two areas of the Adyar wetland complex have been documented: the Adyar Estuary (Raj 1916;Panikkar & Aiyar 1937;Anon 1950;Evangeline 1967b;Nammalwar 1982) and one source of the river at Chembarampakkam (Ragunathan 1978;Daniels & Rajagopal 2004). These benchmarks have proved invaluable to the present analysis because it is now possible to correlate historical data to present findings.…”

“…Along the margins, where earth has been quarried, there are smaller temporary pools supporting dense growth of Hydrilla and Urticularia. Elsewhere, the water flows as small streams towards the sluice gates and beyond creating smaller ponds with water lilies and emergent vegetation including Cyperus and Ipomea carnea (Daniels & Rajagopal 2004). The man-made Bangaru Canal constructed in [2004][2005] connects it via the Kortaliyar River to the Poondi Reservoir and there forth to the Krishna River.…”

Addressing the Wallacean Shortfall: An Updated Checklist of Icthyofauna of Chembarampakkam Tank

“…The major habitats mentioned in Daniels and Rajagopal (2004) were taken into consideration and a few additional habitats were identified and surveyed during the present study. The habitats are: 1) the large channels coming out of the dam shutters with dense vegetation both terrestrial and aquatic.…”

“…I have chosen the Chembarampakkam tank for the case study presented in this paper. Chembarampakkam tank is a manmade reservoir located in Kanchipuram district (formerly Chengalpattu), about 40 km west of Chennai (Daniels & Rajagopal, 2004;Raghunathan, 1978). It is the largest reservoir that supplies drinking water to Chennai and has been a subject of study for the TAPROBANICA, ISSN 1800-427X.…”

Distribution of catfishes in wetlands of two flood plain districts in Tamil Nadu, India

“…species from three families; Daniels & Rajagopal (2004) four species belong to the genus Mystus and one belongs to the genus Heteropneustes of the families Bagridae and Different types of wetlands such as tanks, pools, lake, open wells and estuaries were selected for the study based on the nature of their surface and substrate (open/closed with vegetation), seasonality (seasonal/perennial) and size (Large, Medium, Small) based on the findings that different cat fish species prefers diverse habitats (Kumar & Mittal 1993).…”