Exotic food fishes in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal and their ecological assessment

Kishore Dhara; Swastik Mukherjee; Nithar Ranjan Madhu; Susanta Roy Karmakar

Authors

Kishore Dhara Office of the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Gour Banga Zone, Meen Bhawan, Mangal bari, Malda-732 142, West Bengal, India
Swastik Mukherjee Department of Zoology, Sammilani Mahavidyalaya, Bagha Jatin Station, EM Bye-Pass, Kolkata- 700 075, West Bengal, India
Nithar Ranjan Madhu 3Department of Zoology, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpur, Kolkata-700 131, West Bengal, India
Susanta Roy Karmakar Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata-700 013, West Bengal, India

Keywords:

Abundance, ecological status, exotic food fish, North 24-Parganas district

Abstract

Field study showed the presence of 14 exotic food fish under 7 families in the district North 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India. Among them silver carps were found to have highest abundance (10.45%) and climbing perch (Vietnam strain) have the lowest abundance (0.20%) in the total catch. This study is to determine the present status of exotic fish in the fish diversity of the district and also to contribute towards effective and responsible fishery.

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