Biodiversity Of Fishes Of Nandurmadhameshwar Dam, District Nashik (M.S.), India

Fish biodiversity studies were undertaken during June 2015 to May 2017 to census and commercially important fishes in Godavari River at Nandurmadhameshwar Dam, in district Nashik, Maharashtra, India. The results of present investigation reveal the occurrence of 24 fish species belonging to 7 orders, 12 families and 21 genera. The order Cypriniforms was dominant followed by order Siluriformes; order Channiformes and order Perciformes; order Clupeiformes, order Mugiliformis and order Synnbranchiformes. This reservoir is rich in fish biodiversity; inhabited by economically important and cultivable fishes as well as the ornamental fishes.