Biodiversity of hillstream fishes in Bangladesh.

Traditional jute (Corchorus spp.) retting process: A significant threat to fish health and fish biodiversity in Chandpur District, Bangladesh

The study was conducted to assess the impact of traditional jute retting process on the fish health and fish biodiversity in the six upazilas of Chandpur district, Bangladesh. Data were collected from respondents through face to face interviews and focus group discussions. All of the jute farmers in the study area used traditional water retting methods to extract fibres and these methods were e...

Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh: Fisheries, biodiversity and habitat

Fish assemblage and structure as well as hydrological parameters at Karatoya Fish Sanctuary, Panchagarh, Bangladesh

Abstract Spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblage structure was conducted from January to December 2015 in order to know the impacts of sanctuary on ichthyo-faunal diversity with its indices and major hydrological factors from six sampling stations of Karatoya fish sanctuary sectioned in the river Karatoya. A total of 69 fish species was obtained from this sanctuary including 21 threatened ...

Population growth and reproductive potential of five important fishes from the freshwater bodies of Bangladesh

Population growth (length-weight relationship), and reproductive potential (e.g. fecundity, and sex-ratio) of five important fish species (‘mola’: Amblypharyngodon mola, ‘puti’: Puntius sophore, ‘tengra’: Mystus vittatus, ‘shing’: Heteropneustes fossilis and ‘taki’: Channa punctatus) collected from two important fresh waters bodies (namely Hilna beel and Beel Kumari beel) Rajshahi, Bangladesh, ...

Assessment of Fish Biodiversity in Oni River, Ogun State, Nigeria

For the purpose of sustainable exploitation of the fishery resources of Oni River, Ogun State, Nigeria, the fish biodiversity assessment was carried out. This was conducted by enumerating and identifying fish species composition, measuring the fish length, fish weight, assessing the fish abundance and biomass, determining the length-weight relationships and the length-frequency of the fishes. A...