Checklist of freshwater fishes collected from Ernakulam District, Kerala, India

A study has been conducted on the freshwater fishes of Ernakulam district, Kerala. Fishes were collected from the three rivers: Chalakkudy, Muvattupuzha and Periyar using cast net and scoop net. 69 species of fishes belonging to 8 orders, 20 families and 35 genera were collected. The systematic posi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Main Authors: K.S.J. Beevi, A. Ramachandran
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2009
Subjects:
Ecology
QH540-549.5
General. Including nature conservation
geographical distribution
QH1-199.5
Hora
Attu
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o1559.493-4
https://doaj.org/article/36182e0c1baf43d7be5b90c9b80d7a6b
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Summary:A study has been conducted on the freshwater fishes of Ernakulam district, Kerala. Fishes were collected from the three rivers: Chalakkudy, Muvattupuzha and Periyar using cast net and scoop net. 69 species of fishes belonging to 8 orders, 20 families and 35 genera were collected. The systematic positions of the species collected were also studied. Rare species like Danio fraseri Hora and Mukerji, Esomus malabaricus Day, Wallago attu (Bloch and Schneider), Heteropneustus fossilis (Bloch) and Chela dadiburjori (Menon) could be collected during the study.

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