The present study work goals to reveal the status of indigenous ornamental fish diversity of Kanwar wetland of Manjhaul subdivision of Begusarai district in Bihar. A collection of fishes was made from period of January 2023 to December 2023. In this investigation work different types of local fishing equipment’s like jhang, Aanta, Aarsi, Bari, Kanra etc were used by fishermen. Many types of nets of different mesh size as Bag net, Scoop net, cast net and Gill net were used to catch the fishes. In this study 48 type of fishes were informed out of which 26 fish species belongs to ornamental potential. They belong to 7 order, 13 families, 15 genera and 26 species. Cypriniformes was the most abundant fish order represented by 5 families, 6 genera and 9 species. Out of 26 fish species it was observed that 18fish species have high ornamental potential and 8 are of both ornamental as well as nutritional value. The study work shows moderate piscine diversity.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56557/upjoz/2025/v46i125069
Publish Year: 2025
