Seasonal Distribution and Relative Abundance of Fish Fauna of a Small Hill-Stream Dangchaura (Takoli) Gad, along with River Alaknanda

Bisht, B.S.; Badoni, A.K.; Bahuguna, S. N.

doi:10.3126/on.v7i1.2569

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“…Most of the small important streams of upper Ganga river system in Garhwal Himalaya remain unnoticed from fish diversity and river ecology view point . However some work has been conducted by Badola (1975), Sharma (1984), Singh et al (1987), Dobriyal and Kumar (1988), Bisht et al (2009); Agarwal et al (2011); Agarwal and Singh (2012) on the ecology and fish fauna of some of the tributaries of Ganga river system. Small hill-streams are highly torrential with huge altitudinal variation.…”

Section: Garhwal Region (Latitude 29mentioning

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Fish diversity of Laster stream, a major tributary of river Mandakini in Central Himalaya (India) with regard to altitude and habitat specificity of fishes

Singh

Agarwal

2013

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Laster stream is a major tributary of river Mandakini, which in turn is a major tributary of river Alaknanda. Stream traverses a distance of ~40 km before joining with river Mandakini at Suryaprayag (Tilwara) in Rudraprayag district (Uttarakhand), India. Present study reports existence of twenty one indigenous fish species belonging to eight genera, three families and two orders from the Laster stream. Schizothorax richardsonii (Cyprinidae family) was the dominating species followed by S. plagiostomus, Barilius sp., Tor sp., Noemacheilus sp., Pseudecheneis sp., Glyptothorax sp. The distribution pattern (diversity and abundance) of these species had negative co-relation with the increase in stream altitude. Habitat conditions in the stream varied considerably from headwater to main stream. Present study also describes the habitat specificity of fish assemblage. Maximum species diversity (18 species) was recorded from pool habitat and was the most preferred habitat. Least species diversity (09 species) was recorded from cascade habitat. Riffle and rapid habitat recorded no difference in species diversity.

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Section: Garhwal Region (Latitude 29mentioning

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Fish diversity of Laster stream, a major tributary of river Mandakini in Central Himalaya (India) with regard to altitude and habitat specificity of fishes

Singh

Agarwal

2013

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“…Bhat (2003) studied the diversity and composition of freshwater fish species from Western Ghats, India, and in the study, a total of 10771 individuals belonging to 92 species representing 25 families and 48 genera, excluding family Cyprinidae, were reported. Bisht et al (2009) reported that the difference in availability of fish fauna is directly related to the nature of profile and slope of tributary, which affects the migration and breeding grounds of the fishes. Vijaylaxmi and Vijaykumar (2011) conveyed that the Cyprinidae family was observed to be the most dominant among all the other families in their study.…”

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Abundance study of fish species from Hel River of Kokrajhar, Assam, India

Sarkar¹,

Das

Basumatary

2022

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Hel River is an important river of Kokrajhar district of Assam, India, which is a great source of freshwater fish. Considering the availability of indigenous fish species in Hel River and consumption of these species by the local people, the prime objective of this study was to study the fishes in the river. The relative abundance of fishes along with the species richness and species evenness were calculated based on fish samplings from August 2014 to July 2015. A total of 1313 individuals belonging to 25 species were recorded, dominated by family Cyprinidae with nine species. The highest relative abundance was recorded for Barilius bendelisis (15.31%) followed by Garra gotyla (14.09%) and Barilius barna (13.78%). This study may serve as an important baseline for sustainable management of Hel River.

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“…The same has been noticed in other parts of the Uttarakhand river system (Uniyal, 2003). The Substratum is the major factor, which influence the distribution and abundance of fish fauna (Bisht et al, 2009). These two tributaries possess rocky substratum with big boulders and pebbles, which forms the most favorable breeding grounds for the fishes, especially for Barilius Tor, Schizothorax, Glyptothorax sp, etc.…”

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“…Most of the small important streams of upper Ganga river system in Garhwal Himalaya remain unnoticed from fish diversity and river ecology view point. However some work has been conducted by Badola (1975), , 2231-5209 (Online) All Rights Reserved © Applied and Natural Science Foundation www.ansfoundation.org Sharma (1984), Singh et al (1987), Dobriyal and Kumar (1988), Bisht et al (2009), Agarwal et al (2011), Agarwal and Singh (2012) on the ecology and fish fauna of some of the tributaries of Ganga river system. Badola andSingh (1981a, 1981b) described that hill streams have low temperature, clear water, and high content of dissolved oxygen, neutral pH, low carbon dioxide and fast current.…”

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Ichthyofaunal diversity in Bachan Gad and Kakda streams of the Mid-himalayan Ganga river system of Garhwal in relation to stream gradient and distance

Singh

Chowdhary

Bahuguna

2014

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Abstract:The present study was carried out to investigate the comparative seasonal distribution and relative abundance of fish fauna of streams Bachan Gad of river Alaknanda and Kakda Gad of river Mandakini of Mid-himalayan Ganga river System. Total length of the Bachan Gad is 14.5 km from origin to the confluence at main river Alaknanda with an altitudinal variation from 605.94 to 1418.23m (a.s.1), whereas, total length of the Kakda Gad is 15.5 km. from origin to confluence at main river Mandakini with altitudinal variation from 984.50 to 1993.70 m (a.s.1). Total 23 species from Bachan Gad and 20 fish species were identified from Kakda Gad. The differences in the availability of fish-fauna were directly related to the nature of the profile and slope of tributaries; which affects the migration and breeding grounds of the fishes inhabited in the main river Alaknanda and Mandakini of Ganga river system. Variation in the availability of fishes has been recorded from different sites of the stream. In streams and rivers the changes take place along their length is directly related to the eco-physico-chemical nature (water depth, current, substratum etc). All these factors which change along the length of streams are also the factors which control the distribution of the various sections of the biotic fauna and flora.

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Seasonal Distribution and Relative Abundance of Fish Fauna of a Small Hill-Stream Dangchaura (Takoli) Gad, along with River Alaknanda

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Fish diversity of Laster stream, a major tributary of river Mandakini in Central Himalaya (India) with regard to altitude and habitat specificity of fishes

Fish diversity of Laster stream, a major tributary of river Mandakini in Central Himalaya (India) with regard to altitude and habitat specificity of fishes

Abundance study of fish species from Hel River of Kokrajhar, Assam, India

Ichthyofaunal diversity in Bachan Gad and Kakda streams of the Mid-himalayan Ganga river system of Garhwal in relation to stream gradient and distance

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