TITLE:
An Assessment of Fresh Water Piscine Diversity in Selected Wetlands in Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu, India—A Preliminary Study
AUTHORS:
B. Dhanalakshmi, P. Priyatharsini
KEYWORDS:
Ichthyofaunal Diversity, Wetlands, Freshwater Fish
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.12,
December
28,
2015
ABSTRACT: In the present study, a survey was done to mainly
focus on piscine diversity in the wetlands of Coimbatore District, because it is
considered as a good indicator of balanced and healthy ecosystem. The present survey
study has shown that selected sampling site (Perur, Muthanankulam and Kurichi)
wetlands supported 40 species of fishes belonging to 4 orders 07 family and 21 species
during the study. Among the species, Cyprinidae was the most dominant group representing
08 species, Siluridae with 03 species, Ophiocephalidae with 03 species, Bagridae
2 species, Anabantidae 1 species,
Heteropneustidae 1 species, Clariidae 1 species and Cichlidae 1 species. It can be concluded that all the selected
wetlands supported rich repository of indigenous fish population but still it needed
proper management and sustainable steps to monitor and conserve fish wealth for
utilization of consumers’ health, fish industry producers and researchers and fishermen.