Diversity, distribution, threats and conservation action of fish fauna in Chinnar Reservoir, Tamil Nadu
Keywords:
Chinnar reservoir, Eastern Ghats, biodiversity status, sand mining, threats
Abstract
The freshwater fish fauna of the Chinnar reservoir/Chinnar River a tributary of the Cauvery River system in the Tamil Nadu at the Eastern part of Ghats was studied. A total of thirty two (32) species of freshwater fish belonging to seven (7) orders, ten (10) families and twenty four (24) genera were recorded. Out of the 32 species, the present study recorded the presence of three (3) threatened, one (1) vulnerable and twenty eight (28) least concerned species. The highest species diversity was recorded in Chinnar Reservoir (n=22) and lowest diversity was found in the Gujjarahalli (n=9). The fish fauna of the Chinnar reservoir is threatened due to anthropogenic activities such as deforestation leading to siltation, sand mining, over fishing by using dynamite, organic and inorganic pollution. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop and implement conservation plans that are needed.
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Arunachalam M and Sankaranarayanan A. 1999. Fishes of Gadana river in Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 96: 232-238.
Arunachalam M, Muralidharan M, Murugan M and Soranam R. 2006. Diversity and Distributional pattern of cypriniformes in streams and rivers of Western Ghats. Abstracted In: Symposium on Biology of Cypriniformes, 12-15 October, 2006, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, P. R .China.
Arunachalam M, Raja M, Malaiammal P and Richard LM. 2014. New species of Aborichthys (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India, Species. 7(18): 33-47.
Arunachalam M, Raja M, Mayden RL and Chandran A. 2013. Olyra astrifera a new species of Olyrid catfish from the Western Ghats, Southern India (Teleosti: Bagridae: Olyrininae) and the designation of Neotype, Olyra longicaudata McClelland, 1842 from north-eastern India. International Journal of Zoology and Research. 3(2): 51-60.
Arunachalam M, Raja M, Nandagopal S, Vijayakumar C, Malaiammal P and Showket AB. 2014. Range extension of endangered earthworm eel Pillaia indica Yazdani, 1972 (Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae) from West Bengal, India. Research and Reviews. Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 2 (1): 5-8.
Arunachalam M. 2009. Assessment of Chinnar River and the alleged damage to agricultural lands by sand mining, Report submitted to the High court of Madras: 45p.
Arunachalam M and Muralidharan M. 2008. Description of a new species of the genus Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from a Western Ghat stream in Southern India. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 56 (2): 405-414.
Arunachalam M, Raja M, Nandagopal S and Mayden RL. 2013. Garra palaruvica, A new cyprinid fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Kerala, Western Ghats, Peninsular India, International Journal of Zoology Research. 3 (1): 62-68.
Battul PN, Rao KR, Navale RA, Bagale MB and Shah NV. 2007. Fish diversity from Ekrukh Lake near Solapur, Maharashtra. Journal of Aquatic Biology. 22(2): 68-72.
Chellappa S, Camara MR, Chellappa NT, Beveridge MCM and Huntingford FA. 2003. Reproductive ecology of a neotropical cichlid fish, Cichla monoculus (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology. 63 (1): 17-26.
Correll DL. 1998. The role of phosphorus in the eutrophication of receiving waters: a review. Journal of Environmental Quality. 27 (2): 261-266.
Darwall WRT and Vie JC. 2005. Identifying important sites for conservation of freshwater biodiversity: extending the species based approach. Fish Management Ecology. 12 (5): 287-293.
Day F. 1878. The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and freshwaters of India, Burma and Ceylon. Text and atlas in 2 parts. London. Indian Reprint by Jagmander Book Agency, New Delhi. XX+ 778 p. 195 plates
Easa PS and Shaji CP. 1997. Freshwater fish diversity in Kerala part of Nilgiri Biosphere reserve. Current science. 73 (2): 180-182.
Eschmeyer WN and R Fricke. 2011. Catalog of fishes electronic version (20 December, 2013). Electronic database accessible at http://research.calacademy.org /research/ichthyology/catalog/ fishcatmain.asp/.
Galacatos K, Barriga-Salazar R and Stewart DJ. 2004. Seasonal and habitat influences on fish communities within the lower Yasuni River basin of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Environmental Biology of Fishes. 71 (1): 33-51.
IUCN. 2013. List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.3. Electronic database accessible at http:// www.iucnredlist.org/. Captured on 20 December 2013.
Jayaram KC, Venkateshwaralu T and Ragunathan MB. 1982. A survey of the Cauvery river system with a major account of its fish fauna. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 36, 115 p.
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Johnes PJ and O’Sullivan PE. 1989. Nitrogen and phosphorus losses from the catchment of Slapton Ley, Devon- an export coefficient approach, Field Studies. 7 (2): 285-309.
Kang B, He D, Perrett L, Wang H, Hu W, Deng W and Wu Y. 2009. Fish and fisheries in the Upper Mekong: current assessment of the fish community, threats and conservation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 19(4): 465-480.
Kondolf GM, Smeltzer M and Kimball L. 2002. Freshwater gravel mining and dredging issues. Prepared for Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of Ecology, Washington Department of Transportation. 122.
Laffaille P, Acou A, Guillouet J and Legault A. 2005. Temporal changes in European eel, Anguilla anguilla, stocks in a small catchment after installation of fish passes. Fish Management Ecology. 12 (2): 123-129.
Lima-Junior SE, Cardone IB and Goitein R. 2006. Fish assemblage structure and aquatic pollution in a Brazilian stream: some limitations of diversity indices and models for environmental impact studies. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 15 (3): 284-290.
Mani MS. 1974. Ecology and biogeography in India. The Hague: Dr. W. Junk Publishers. 772.
Mas-Marti E, Garcia Berthou E, Sabater S, Tomanova S and Munoz I. 2010. Comparing fish assemblages and trophic ecology of permanent and intermittent reaches in a Mediterranean stream. Hydrobiologia. 657(1): 167-180.
Menon AGK. 1992. Taxonomy of the mahseer fishes of the genus Tor Gray with description of new species from the Deccan. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 89 (2): 210- 228.
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National Remote Sensing Agency. 2007. Biodiversity characterization at landscape level in Eastern Ghats and east coast using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System. NRSA, Govt. of India, Hyderabad. 310p.
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Pawar SK, Mane AM and Pulle JS. 2007. The fish fauna of Pethwadas Dam Taluka Kandhar in Nanded District, Maharashtra, India. Journal of Aquatic Biology. 22(2): 55-58.
Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M and Maduwage K. 2012. A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 23(1): 69–95.
Raja M, Kavitha M, Ramkumar R, Anandhi M and Perumal P. 2014. Ichthyological survey of the checklist of fauna in Stanley Reservoir, Tamil Nadu, South India- Diversity, Distribution, Threats and Conservation action. Discovery life. 6(16): 21-30.
Ram Prasad. 1992. Ecological reclamation of Mines areas in Madhya Pradesh. Vacham. 3(2): 45-46.
Rema Devi K and Indra TJ. 2003. An updated checklist of Ichthyofauna of Eastern Ghats, Zoo’s Print. 18 (4): 1067-1070.
Rema Devi K and Indra TJ. 2000. Freshwater Ichthyofaunal resources of Tamil Nadu 77 –97 pp. In: Ponniah, A. G. and Gopalakrishnan. A. (Eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR – NATP Publication-1, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. 347.
Rema Devi K and Raghunathan MB. 1999. Report on the Ichthyofauna of North Arcot district, Tamil nadu, Records of Zoological Survey of India. 97 (1): 163-177.
Rema Devi K, Indra T, Raghunathan MB, Bai M and Ravichandran MS. 1999. Ichthyofauna of Tambraparani river system of Tamil Nadu. Zoo’s Print. 12 (7): 1-2.
Rema Devi K. 1992. On a small collection of fish from Javadi Hills, North Arcot District, Tamil Nadu, Records of Zoological Survey of India. 91 (3-4): 353-360.
Sarkar UK, Pathak AK and Lakra WS. 2008. Conservation of freshwater fish resources of India: new approaches, assessment and challenges. Biodiversity Conservation. 17 (10):2495-2511.
Talwar PK and Jhingran AG. 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Vol.1, IBH Publishing, New Delhi.
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2014-06-04
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Raja, M., Ramkumar, R., & Perumal, P. (2014). Diversity, distribution, threats and conservation action of fish fauna in Chinnar Reservoir, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Research in Biology, 4(3), 1317-1327. Retrieved from https://ojs.jresearchbiology.com/ojs1/index.php/jrb/article/view/345
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