Research Journal of Animal, Ve Vol. 4(4), 5-9, April (2016) International Science Community Associa Fish Biodiversity of Alwara As 1 Dept. of Zoology, Go 2 Department of Zoo Avai Received 18 th M Abstract An attempt has been made to study the fis The survey was focussed mainly on fish b species of fishes belonging to 45 genera, family represented by 41 species followed species, Schilbeidae with 4 species and Ma species. This was the first ever systematic s Keywords: Fish diversity, Fish fauna, Indi Introduction Fishes are cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates ha or bony vertebral column, tubular nerve chord 2- chambered heart, fins as paired appenda breathing. They constitute about half of the vertebrates in the world. The lake studied has good biodiversity as it is and fauna including fishes and vulnerable sa occurrence of good bio-diversity is an i growing, dynamic and economically efficien fishes are used not only as food, medicine indicators, research models, active links bet entertainment and to mitigate vector borne dis The lake under exploration is situated in the district Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh which is a Plain of India (northern region). In this lake, th during summer and winter but rises during lake has derived its name from village Alw called Alwara Taal. The Alwara lake is su Kashi Rampur in east, Tikara in the north, Sh and the river Yamuna in the west. The annual floods of adjacent river Yamuna b openness of agricultural land after rainy sea and summer around the lake. It also turned ou form and many irregular shapes of marshy w flooding periods. The climatic change therefo vast openness, landscape ecology and biodive marshy riparian type perennial wetland, co several hundred hectares. The vast openness around Alwara lake pro eterinary and Fishery Sciences _____________________ Res. J. Animal, V ation a lake of District Kaushambi, Utta shok Kumar Verma 1 and Shri Prakash 2* ovt. P.G. College, Saidabad Allahabad-221508, Uttar Pradesh, In ology, K.A.P.G. College, Allahabad-211001, Uttar Pradesh, Indi sriprakasht80@gmail.com ilable online at: www.isca.in, www.isca.me March 2016, revised 9 th April 2016, accepted 21 st April 2016 sh fauna naturally occurring in Alwara lake of district K biodiversity and undertaken during all the 12 months of 21 families and 9 orders were identified. Cyprinidae w d by Bagridae with 8 species, Anabantidae with 5 species astacembeleidae with 4 species. Rest other families were survey on the fish diversity of this lake. ian sarus crane, Conservation, Alwara lake. aving cartilaginous d, ventral muscular ages and gills for e total number of s rich both in flora arus crane and the index of healthy, nt water body. The e but also as bio- tween ecosystems, seases. e Yamuna basin of a part of Gangetic he water level falls rainy season. The wara. Locally it is urrounded by Paur hahpur in the south bring about the vast ason during winter ut into an open land wetland during non- ore influences to its ersity. The lake is a overing an area of ovides habitat for vulnerable Indian sarus crane 1-3 w fabricating material for the nest of are used as food by aquatic birds. Authors, through a detailed review a few researchers like Prakash et al the limnological, zooplanktonic and of the said lake however this lake al 1,10,11 and Verma et al 2,3,12 for diff crane on large scale. A huge numbe by different researchers on fish bi water bodies in India during the Jayaram K.C. 13 , Jhingran V.G. 14 , Bh et al 17 and Gowda et al 18 but det diversity in and around Alwara lake Our study was therefore first ever s diversity of this lake. Study Area: The Alwara lake is a p is located in Sarsawan block Kaushambi district of Uttar Prade more than 75 km away from Manjhanpur (headquarter of distri from Lucknow by road. Its nearest r a distance of 35 km and nearest air at a distance of 70 km. It is si 25 0 24’05.84”S – 25 0 25’10.63”N an 81 0 12’57.95”W with altitude MSL – Materials and Methods Fishes were caught and collected fo sites of Alwara lake by hand-nets drag nets with the help of local p during the time of fishing. Investig _______ISSN 2320 – 6535 Veterinary and Fishery Sci. 5 ar Pradesh, India ndia ia Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh. f year 2014. A total of 89 were found most dominant s, Ophiocephalidae with 4 represented by 3 or 2 or 1 while local flora are used as this bird 4 and phytoplankton w of literature found that only l 5-7 and Verma et al 8,9 studied d phytoplanktonic properties e was studied by Prakash et ferent aspects of Indian sarus er of studies have been made io-diversity of various fresh e last few decades such as hat A. 15 , Shukla et al. 16 , Bhat tailed information about fish e is yet not available as such. systematic survey on the fish part of village Alwara, which of Manjhanpur tahsil of esh (Figure-1,2). The lake is Allahabad, 25 km from ict Kaushambi) and 290 km railway station is Bharwari at rport Bamrauli (Allahabad) is ituated between the latitude nd longitude 81 0 11’39.49”E- – 81.08 meter. or the present study from few s, gill nets, cast nets, hooks, people and fisherman mainly gations regarding fish capture