Taushik Ahamed, Zakir Md Hossain*

Department of Biological Sciences, Aliah University, Kolkata-700160 (India) * Corresponding Author, Email- zakirmd@aliah.ac.in

ABSTRACT

A market-based survey was carried out in few selected fish markets of Kolkata to assess the fresh water fish diversity and threatened category of fishes. The study was conducted for a year from January- 2020 to December-2020 in fish markets located at Barasat, Patipukur, Sealdah, Newtown and Howrah. A total of 47 freshwater species belonging to 9 orders were recorded of which Cypriniformes was most dominant on the basis of species richness. Of the 47 fish species available, according to IUCN status 1 is endangered, 4 are Vulnerable and 4 are Near Threatened. The aim of this study was to know the diversity of fresh water fishes along with their conservation status and to build awareness among the people along with providing insights to policy makers for taking definite measures for conservation.

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