Fish Fauna and their IUCN conservation status of Chessore sub-division of Shamator, Nagaland, India

• Authors: K. Tsurunla , Limatemjen Limatemjen , Shanglow Ln Konyak , Vekhoshelü Chüzho
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The present study was conducted to document the fish fauna and their IUCN status of Chessore sub-division of Shamator, Nagaland for a period of one year, from May 2023 - April 2024 covering the targeted areas. The survey reveals the presence of 20 species belonging to 5 orders, 9 families and 15 genera. The order Cypriniformes dominanted with 14 species while Anabantiformes, Perciform and Synbranchiformes with 1 species each is the least common. According to IUCN Red-list and habitat studies during different seasons, one species belonging to family cyprinidae is under IUCN-NT category, five species belonging to cyprinidae, channidae and cobitidae is under IUCN-VU while the rest falls under IUCN-LC and Data deficient (DD) category. A primary threat to the fish biodiversity in study area is due to anthropogenic activities and environmental changes.

Keywords

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Conservation; Cypriniforms; Garra elongata; IUCN-Red list

Discipline

• ZOOLOGY: ZOOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 56
• Pages: 58-66

Contributors

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K. Tsurunla

• Department of Zoology, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, Nagaland 797002, India

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Limatemjen Limatemjen

• Department of Zoology, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, Nagaland 797002, India

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Shanglow Ln Konyak

• Department of Zoology, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, Nagaland 797002, India

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Vekhoshelü Chüzho

• Department of Zoology, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, Nagaland 797002, India

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