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A survey of fish fauna was conducted between July 1998 and December 1999. The fishes were collected from the local market of block head quarters of the tribal district West Nimar (Khargone ). In all 40 species belonging to 23 genera and 10 families have been found in this area. They are Cirrhinus, Catla, Chela, Labeo, Oxygaster, Puntius, Garra, Barbus, Rasbora and Tor belonging to Cyprinidae family; Lepidocephalichthys, Nemacheilus belonging to Cobitidae family; Ompok and Wallago belonging to Siluridae family; Mystus and Rita belonging to Bagridae family; Notopterus, Heteropneustus, Clarias, Xenetodon, Channa and Matacembelus belonging to Notopteridae, Heteropneustidae, Clarridae, Belonidae, Ophiocephalidae and Matacembelidae family respectively. It is also observed that non culturable fishes are most widely distributed and the commercial culturable fihses are commonly found in the region. In the present paper, the fish fauna of the district West Nimar is discussed.
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Dubey, G. P. and Mehra, R. K. 1959. Fish and fisheries of Charnbal river ,All India Congress of Zoology. (Pub.1962), 647-665.
Dubey, G. P. and Verma, M. N. 1965.A Preliminary Study ofthe Fish Fauna ofMP. The Vikram, 8(U) Reprinted, Govt Central Press.
Hamilton, F. B. 1922. An Account ofFishes Found in the River Ganges and its Branches, pp.vii+405, pls. 39. Khanna D.R. and Badola S. P. 1990. lchthyofauna of the river Ganga at the foothills of Garhwal Himalyas. .l. ' of Nat. & Physical Sciences 4(1-2), 153-162.
Malviya, RB. 1961. A list of fishes from Jabalpur M.P. India.Proc. Nat. Acad. Sc. Sect. B. 31(3), 349-354. Menon, A.G. K. 1954. Further observations on the fish fauna of the Manipur State, Indian Mus.,LI1, 21-26. Misra, K. S. 1962. An Aid to the Identification of the Common Commercial Fishes ofIndia and Pakistan. Qureshi, T. A. and Qureshi, N. A. 1970. Systematic position and description ofTeleostean fishes of M.P. Section oflcthyology and Fisheries, Department of Zoology, Safia College Bhopal. 1-38. Sinha, B.M. and Shiromani 1953. The fishes of Meerut. Rec. India Mus. LI, 61-65.
Soni, D. D. 1959. Fish Fauna ofBhopal lower lake. In: Proceedings ofFirst All India Congress of Zoology. pp 639-641.
Srivastava, G. J. 1953. Fishes ofEastern Uttarpradesh. Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Vranasi. pp.163.
Swamp, H., 1953 Fish fauna of Sagar Lake.Sagar University Journal. 1:2.
Verma, N. S., Chitray, B. B.and Saxena, D. B. 1962. Fishes of Kanpur District. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Sec. B. 32 (3),213-232.