Preliminary field study and taxonomic characterization of some of the icthyo species collected form Barak, Mizoram Drainage and Manipur

Abstract

Fishes-good protein diet source, have been classified since old times so as to know their whereabouts and their exciting facts as water dwellers. Fishes belonging to different taxa are widely studied so as to gain a proper knowledge about them, as with increasing demand and simultaneous intensification of fish resources serving along with human exploitation, it has become a serious concern about the dwindling existence of the fishes.The present investigation was to study the icthyo-diversity pertaining to the state of Manipur wherein there were Lake and Rivers that would get an insight to the presence of the varied types of fishes available in the concerned region. The endemic species population was also found and its abundance trend was brought out. The study also coincided with the knowing of the diversity of the fishes as well as the present scenario of the same.