Small indigenous freshwater fish faunal diversity of two fish markets in Midnapur town

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Biology - Zoology, grade: 3.1, , language: English, abstract: Present study emphasizes the availability of small indigenous fish in two fish markets located at Midnapur town. During the present study, a comparative market survey has been conducted from 1st July to 30th Sept, 2019 for the study on available small indigenous fish fauna in two fish markets of Midnapur town, one is Raja bazar, a popular and high priced fish market, and another is Gate bazar, a market of low priced fish market of the same town. Results reveal that a total of 26 small indigenous fish species have been identified from the study sites. Among these 26 species, seven have been collected only from Gate bazar and ten only from Raja bazar and nine species have been observed as common to both the markets. The result would certainly enrich our knowledge about the availability of fish species in the fish market of Midnapur town.