Fish Diversity of Godavari River at Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

The fish community of the Godavari River at Rajamahendravaram region was studied by monthly sample taken from Aug. 2020 to Oct. 2021. Godavari River is the largest Westward flowing river of India. It is also referred as the life line of Andhra Pradesh. Present study was aimed to generate information on the fishes of Rajamahendravaram region of river Godavari. The present study has been conducted to assess the fish biodiversity in a stretch of Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh. We tried to document fish biodiversity composition, physical habitats characteristics as well as identification of Carps, Eels, Catfishes, Loaches, Mahaseer, Murrules species in the river. Study assess of this study are divided in two district (East Godavari and west Godavari) a total of 50 species belonging to 30 Genera and 13 Families and 6 orders were recorded.