Fish biodiversity study of Ghongha dam in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh

摘要

The present study was carried out at Ghongha dam situated in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. Fish sampleswere collected fortnightly during the whole fishing season from January to June (year). During the current study, it wasobserved that the total 38 species of fish belonging to 9 orders, 24 genera and 13 families were found from the Ghongha dam.Out of the recorded 38 species, 18 belongs to Cyprinidae, 5 belongs to Bagridae, 3-3 belongs to Siluridae and Channidae.Notopteridae, Mastacemelidae, Cobitidae, Centropomidae, cichilidae, pangacidae Nandidae, Belonidae and Anabantida belong toeach species. Among them, Cypriniformes represented maximum numbers of species followed by Siluriformes, Perciformesetc. It was observed that the Ghongha dam has greater fish biodiversity, but some of the species needed to be conserved forecological point of view.