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Some of the fish species abundantly found in river Jhelum are Schizothorax esocinus (Chhurru), Schizothorax curvifrons (Satter gad) and Triplophysia kashmirensis (Ara gurun). ...
- Current status of fish fauna of river jhelum and dal lake of ...
Some of the fish species abundantly found in river Jhelum...
- Current status of fish fauna of river jhelum and dal lake of ...
Dec 2, 2017 · Some of the fish species abundantly found in river Jhelum are Schizothorax esocinus (Chhurru), Schizothorax curvifrons (Satter gad) and Triplophysia kashmirensis (Ara gurun). ...
Dal's commercial fisheries are particularly reliant on carp fish species, which were introduced into the lake in 1957. [ citation needed ] As a result, carp constitutes 70% of all the fish caught in the lake while the schizothorax constitutes 20% and other species account for 10%.
In the river Jhelum, Schizothorax plagiostomus was found to be the most abundant Schizothorax species at the site-I and II (Larkibal and Khanabal) followed by S. esocinus, S. curvifrons, S. labiatus, Triplophysa kashmirensies, T. marmorata, Crossocheilus diplochilus, S. niger, Cyprinus carpio communis and C. carpio specularis while at site-III ...
- Kashmir Valley
- Ladakh Region
- Jammu Region
- Threats to Fish Diversity
3.1.1 Taxonomic Diversity
Since the first report on the fishes of Kashmir by Heckel in 1838, a number of people have reported on the Ichthyofauna of the Valley (Day 1876; Silas 1960; Das and Subla 1964; Das 1965; Yousuf 1996; Kullander et al. 1999; Enderlin and Yousuf 1999; Balkhi 2007). The number of fishes reported by these workers varies from 18 to 42. This variation in number of fish species seems to have been due to their synonymy or ambiguity in identification. During the present study, a total of 23 species of...
3.1.2 Fish Status, Distribution and Catch Composition
The present study revealed that Schizothorax plagiostomus was widely distributed in the Jhelum and its tributaries, lotic as well lentic, comprising the whole 40% of the fish catch in the torrential zone, 24% in the slow-flowing zone, and 45% in the fast-flowing zone of the river. The species is an active swimmer (Yousuf 1996; Bhat 2003) and is well established in the torrential streams of the Valley such as the Wangat, Bringi and Lidder rivers. In the slow-flowing areas of the Jhelum (in the...
3.1.3 Fishing Effort
In case of the Jhelum, Sunder and Subla (1984) reported a fishing effort of 261 g – 829 g/man-hour, while Yousuf et al. (2006) reported it to be 173 g – 360 g/man-hour. During the present study the fishing effort varied from 210 g during November to 793 g/man-hour during May at Anantnag (Batengoo) and Sopore respectively. In case of Dal Lake, CIFRI (1977) reported the fish catch per man-hour in the range of 156–978 g at Saida Kadal and 117–797 g in Hazratbal basins, while Sunder et al. (1978)...
3.2.1 Taxonomic Diversity
No extensive work has been done on the fisheries of Ladakh in the past except for a few reports (Hora 1936; Mukerji 1936; Hutchinson 1939). Recently Sivakumar (2008) reported on the fish distribution in Ladakh waters and listed 32 species (Table 33.3). During the present study fish were collected from the Indus and its main tributaries in the region, namely the Shyok, Zanaskar, Bazgo and Puga streams, and also from the tributaries of Lake Tso Moriri (Kurzuk Pho and Gyoma streams) and Lake Pan...
3.2.2 Fish Distribution and Catch Composition
During the present study, the maximum number of species on a study site at a particular time was seven, which was recorded in the Bazgo stream. It was the only water body, wherefrom the team was able to collect S. t. fario along with S. plagiostomus, S. progastus, S. esocinus, S. labiatus, T. stoliczkae, and Glyptosternon reticulatum. The least number of two species (Triplophysa stoliczkae, T. gracilis) of fishes was collected from the inlet streams of Tso Moriri. In Chushul stream, an import...
3.3.1 Taxonomic Diversity
In spite of the varied ecological and geographical features of Jammu province, its ichthyofauna was not adequately investigated until Das and Nath (1965, 1966) reported 20 species of fishes from the Chenab drainage system. Subsequently, many workers have reported fish diversity from different areas of the region (Das and Nath 1971; Malhotra et al. 1975; Malhotra and Dutta 1976; Dutta and Malhotra 1984; Jyoti et al. 2006; Balkhi 2007). In a State-wide fishery survey under outreach activity pro...
The fish inhabiting the Jhelum River are under great stress due to increasing load of pollution in the river and its tributaries. The schizothoracine fish are adapted to crystal clear waters, and the increase in load of pollution leads to their expulsion from the system. For example, S. plagiostomus, which was common in Dal Lake about four decades ...
- F. A. Bhat, A. R. Yousuf, M. H. Balkhi
- 2020
During the present study, a total of 14 species of fish were encountered at 8 different sites from the river Jhelum and Dal lake (Table 3 and 4). In the river Jhelum, Schizothorax
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Mar 11, 2022 · Major fish species are exotic carp (Cyprinus carpio) and indigenous Schizothorax species (Fig. 28.2). The former is presented by two phenotypes, C. carpio var. communis and C. carpio var. specularis .
