Culturable Fishes&

their Identificationby

Department of Fishery BiologyCollege of Fisheries

G.B. pant University of Agriculture & Technology

Pantnagar (U.S. Nagar) Uttarakhand

Culturable Fishes & their Identification

Ecosystem

-based-

Grouping

Warm Water (Plains)

Fish Species

Cold Water (Uplands)

Fish Species

Air-breathing

CarpsIMC

Exotic

Catfish

Others

Lower Altitude (Kumaun)

Higher Altitude (Garhwal)

Number Game of Fish SpeciesNumber Game of Fish Species

Fresh Water 587 (27.71%)

World Vertebrate Species (46000)Fish Species (24600)

World Vertebrate Species (46000)Fish Species (24600)

INDIA2118 (8.6%)

Marine water 1360 (64.21%)

Brackish Water 171(8.07%)

Warm water 433 (20.44%)

Upland 154 (7.27%)

Diversity in rivers with common sharing

Ganga 382 Brahmaputra 128 Narmada 95Mahanadi 99 Cauvery 80 Trapti 57

Ecosystem of a Culture Pond

Phytoplankton Zooplankton

Dissolved O2 Putrefaction

Bottom

Column

Surface

Composite culture of carps

Catla catla (Bhakur)

Ctenopharyngodon idella (Grass Carp)

Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp)

Hypopthalmichthyes molitrix Silver carp)

Labeo rohita (Rohu)

Cirrhinus mrigala (Nain)

Bottom

Important culturable air- breathing fishes

Channa punctatus (Spotted Murrel) Clarias batrachus (India Magur)

Heteropneustes fossilis (Singhi)

Anabas testudinius (Kavoi)

Channa marulius (Giant Murrel)

Channa striatus(Stripped Murrel)

Catfish (Magur) Seed Production

Fishes of Lower Altitude (Kumaun) & their Seed production

Tor putiutora (Golden Mahseer)

Labeo dyocheilus (Kali Rohu)

Labeo dero (Khat)

Fishes of Higher Altitude (Garhwal)

Salmo trutta (Brown Trout)

Salmo gairdnerii (RainbowTrout)

Best of Luck&

Good Wishes