Checklist, Status and Role of Fish Diversity as a Measure of Alternative Livelihood in Dihing River Basin, Assam.
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2014-07
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River Dihing, a tributary of mighty River Brahmaputra is serving as a potential fish
habitat. Present investigation was done to identify the ichthyofaunal diversity and its utilization as
alternative livelihood. A total 45 species belonging to 7 orders, 17 families and 29 genera were recorded.
Among all these Cypriniformes had the majority occupying 40% and were recorded as dominated order.
According to IUCN red list of threatened species 2013 (ver. 3.1), it was recorded that 35 were least
concern, 5 were near threatened, 1 was vulnerable and 1 was endangered. Most of the people of Dihing
River basin had been fruitful from the diversity of fish by fishing and adopting fish culture as an
alternative livelihood. Different types of fishing techniques were studied along with the ichthyofaunal
diversity.
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Dihing, Ichthyofaunal diversity, Cypriniformes, alternative livelihood
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Bailung Bhenila, Biswas S P. Checklist, Status and Role of Fish Diversity as a Measure of Alternative Livelihood in Dihing River Basin, Assam. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2014 Jul-Sept; 5(3): 1-4.