Agricultural and Biological Sciences
4 years ago

Freshwater Bansagar pond in India teeming with diverse fish species!

International Journal of Advanced Academic Studies
An analysis of fish diversity in a freshwater Bansagar pond of Rewa (M.P.) India
Vinita R Kashyap

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The researchers analyzed fish diversity in a freshwater pond in India from Jan. 2020 to Dec. 2020. They found a total of 172 fish belonging to 10 different families. The family Cyprinidae had the most species, making up 61.63% of the fish population. Channidae and Bagridae were the next most abundant families. Overall, the pond had a species richness of 18, with a Shannon Wieners Index of 1.02 and a Simpson’s Diversity Index of 0.91.