The collection of marine taxa for the aquarium trade continues to demand live animals be
extracted from reefs, but in doing so, offers economic benefits for local communities. To …

Fresh waters in lakes, ponds, rivers, estuaries and wetlands are only 0· 3% of available
global surface water yet support 47–53%(> 15 000) of all extant fish species. Freshwater …

Freshwater fish fauna of the Krishna River at Wai, and the Dhom reservoir upstream of Wai,
was studied. Fifty one species belonging to 14 families and 33 genera were recorded; 13 …

A recent small mammal survey was conducted in Gunung Stong State Park. Standard mist
nets, harp traps and cage traps were used to document diversity of small mammals in this …

Pethia setnai is an endemic and threatened freshwater fish of the Western Ghats of India. It
has a restricted distribution in the west flowing rivers in the states of Maharashtra, Goa and …

In this study, the fish fauna of different geographical zones of Meenachil River was
investigated using the spatial interpolation techniques of the Geographical Information …

Puntius denisonii is popularly known as Miss Kerala in India or Denison barb or Red line
torpedo barb in the global ornamental fish trade. The species is endemic to fast-flowing …

Hill stream stone loaches of genus Balitora (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) are distributed in
South and South-East Asia and are currently represented by 18 species. Species of the …

Freshwater invertebrates receive relatively little publicity and conservation attention, in spite
of their key role in aquatic food webs and ecosystem functioning., Decapod crustaceans …

A new species of stone loach (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae), Balitora jalpalli, is described from
Kunthi tributary of Bharatapuzha River located inside Silent Valley National Park in the …