The Ichthyodiversity of the Sahni tola talab (pond) of Sundarpur bela, Darbhanga district, Bihar was studied from March 2013 to February 2014. The present investigation reveals the occurrence of 33 fish species belonging to 8 order, 15 family and 23 genera. Among the collected species, Cypriniformes was the most abundant fish order which is represented by 6 family, 12 genera and 17 species where as Perciformes was the second most abundant fish order which was represented by 2 family 3 genera and 4 species. Besides these two orders Beloniformes, Channiformes, Mastacembeliformes, Symbranchiformes, Clupeiformes and Tetradontiformes also were present but its number is very less. Out of 33 fish species 24 species have high food value, 8 species have low food value used by common people and 1 species i.e. Tetradon fluviatilis is not edible. Puntius is most abundant in number. The species diversity is peak in postmonsoon and low in premonsoon.
Publish Year: 2016
