Assessment of piscine diversity and physicochemical properties of soor sarovar (Keetham Lake)

Abstract

For increasing food production India will have to utilize all the resource, fishes one of the most important aquatic fauna for livelihood and food security as well as play a major role for maintaining aquatic food chain. Piscine diversity of Soor sarvovar were assessed during October 2014 to November 2015.Total 65 fish species were recorded belonging to 8 order, 21 families, and 47 genera. Cypriniformes contributed to be a major order with 38.46% followed by Siluriformes 23.07% and Perciformes 21.53% other other like Clupeiformes, Osteoglossiformes, Beloniformes, Mugiliformes, Synbranchiformes shared 4.61, 3.07, 1.53, 3.07, 4.61 percentage respectively. Physicochemical characters found to be under desired condition.