Threatened Freshwater Fishes of Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

          Biodiversity is essential for the stabilisation of the ecosystem. In the era of globalisation, global warming and climate change, it is necessary to save biodiversity in a positive way, whether animals, plants or even micro-organisms. The present study was conducted in the Prayagraj district Uttar Pradesh for one year, from May 2021 to April 2022, to know the threatened ichthyofauna. A total of 07 species of fish were documented during the period, which belongs to a threatened category. After the study, it is found that a total 03 species are in the Cyprinidae family, which are in the IUCN-LC category, whereas in  NBFGR list of these fishes shows in the VU Category then further 01 species of each Sisoridae and Siluridae are in IUCN-NT Category where in NBFGR and CAMP these species are also in NT Category whereas 01 species of each Cobitidae and Heteropneustidae are in IUCN-LC Category. In contrast, NBFGR and CAMP are in VU- Category.

Keywords- Biodiversity, Prayagraj, Conservation, CAMP, IUCN, NBFGR