Indigenous Ornamental Fish of North-East India: Present Status, Threats and Conservation Strategies
Abhilipsa Biswal*
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (400 061), Maharashtra, India
Tapas Paul
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (400 061), Maharashtra, India
Subam Debroy
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (400 061), Maharashtra, India
Sourav Debnath
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (400 061), Maharashtra, India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Endemic, Ornamental fishes, North-east, Conservation
Abstract
The north-eastern part of India is regarded as one of the four the major biodiversity hotspot region, which is a repository of precious variety of indigenous fishes. Due to its unique geographical location and climatic condition it has become a home land to plenty number of ornamental fishes of unique attractive feature and colour. However due to several natural and anthropogenic activities many varieties of important endemic ornamental fishes having ample economic opportunity got extinct from the habitat. The present article focuses on major threats for the endemic ornamental fishes of north-east India and future strategies to be adopted for sustainable management and conservation.
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