Open AccessStatus of Ichthyofaunal Diversity of River Ganga in Malda District of West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Suchismita Medda,
Santi Ranjan Dey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advancement in life sciences research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-4877
DOI - 10.31632/ijalsr.2021.v04i02.003
Subject(s) - west bengal , bengal , geography , fishery , diversity (politics) , fish <actinopterygii> , distribution (mathematics) , ecology , socioeconomics , biology , mathematics , archaeology , sociology , mathematical analysis , bay , anthropology
The river Ganges is the largest river in India and the fifth longest in the world. Although, many studies on fish ecology and systematic have been conducted largely to improve fisheries but fish diversity and their distribution pattern from conservation point of view have never been adequately addressed in the Ganges River . The objective of present study was to explore the present Ichthyofaunal diversity of the stretch of Ganga at Malda district of West Bengal. The result showed that 69 freshwater fish species belonging to 9 Orders, 24 Families was found in Ganga stretch of Malda District of West Bengal, India.