First report on Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat

Authors

  • Harinder Singh Banyal
     Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur - 342005, Rajasthan
  • Sanjeev Kumar
     Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur - 342005, Rajasthan
  • Indu Sharma
     Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur - 342005, Rajasthan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/149942

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Fish Fauna, Gujarat, Purna, Wildlife Sanctuary.

Abstract

Present manuscript describes ichthyofaunal diversity of the Purna Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time. A total of 16 species representing 4 orders, 7 families and 15 genera are recorded within the sanctuary. Cyprinidae is the family accounted for 6 species followed by the family Danionidae represented with 4 species and Mastacembelidae by 2 species, whereas Cobitidae, Nemacheilidae, Bagridae and Gobiidae each represented by 1 species

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Harinder Singh Banyal, Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur - 342005, Rajasthan

Scientist-D,Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India,
Jodhpur-342005

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2021-02-17

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Banyal, H. S., Kumar, S., & Sharma, I. (2021). First report on Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(4), 341–350. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/149942

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Volume 120, Issue 4, 2020

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