Open AccessStudy on fish diversity and need for their conservation of Bakara River, Morang district, eastern Nepal
Author(s) -
Shiva Narayan Yadav
Publication year - 2016
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2091-1343
DOI - 10.3126/njbs.v6i1.41808
Subject(s) - threatened species , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , geography , population , conservation status , biology , ecology , habitat , demography , sociology
Forty eight fish species were collected in the present study. The population status of important fishes Chagunius chagunio and Channa striatus were found to be threatened. Mastacembulus puncalus was vulnerable and Clupisoma garua and Puntius ticto threatened because of pollution.