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Morphometric characters and meristic counts of two freshwater fishes of order cypriniformes from song river Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Sanjay Paunikar and Fatima Kaneez
Year : 2023 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 1-6
Received on: 09/12/2023
Revised on: 09/22/2023
Accepted on: 10/09/2023
Published on: 10/30/2023
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Sanjay Paunikar and Fatima Kaneez( 2023).
Morphometric characters and meristic counts of two freshwater fishes of order cypriniformes from song river Dehradun, Uttarakhand
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 8( 6), 1-6.
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Abstract
The study on morphometric and meristic characters of two species of fresh water fishes under order Cypriniformes were carried out in Ichthyology laboratory of Zoological Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun. During the present investigation, 2 families under Cyprinidae and Cobitidae fish species are molacarplet, Amblypharyngodonmola Hamilton (1822) andLepidocephalichthysguntea (Hamilton, 1822)were identified. The 22 morphometric and 5 meristic counts were studied from Song River, Dehradun. The result showed that all the morphometric characters of two fishes are dependent on the total length. The analyzed data of morphometric dimensions of fish species would be beneficial for the policy makers or planners to develop the scientific strategies for their protection and conservation. The findings will also set the scientific principles for the management and sustainable development of the commercially essential freshwater food fishes.
Keywords
Freshwater fishes, Cypriniformes,morphometric, meristic, Song Rivers, Dehradun.
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