Morphological Characterization of Fish Fauna (Cyprinidae) from Sukkur Barrage Sindh Pakistan
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https://doi.org/10.57038/usjas.v9i02.7869Abstract
Cyprinidae is dominant and the largest family of fresh water fishes commonly called “carp or minnow”. It is the most diversified family among fish fauna in the world comprises 220 genera including 2420 species belonging to order cypriniformes. The 13 reported species of family Cyprinidae belonging to genus labeo, where 5 species of this genus were recorded from river Indus Sindh Pakistan. The present study was conducted from River Indus (Sukkur barrage) Sindh Pakistan to analyze the taxonomic status of family Cyprinidae from September 2023 to March 2024. Five different stations were selected to collect specimens with the help of fisherman using nets including cast net, pond net, and gills net. The examination of collected specimens was based on Morphometric measurements of different body parts. The morphometric analysis was done using measuring tap, Ruler or slide calipers was used to measure the body parts into centimeters, and weight of collected specimens were measured using Digital weight balance. The data were processed in Excel computer program. A total of 500 specimens of fish fauna were collected during study period, among them Cyprinidae was the dominant having 325 specimens belongs to Cyprinidae family viz; 3 species two genus Labeo catla (Thala), Labeo rohita (Rohu) and Cirrihinus mrigala (Morakhi) have been recorded from collected specimens. Morphometric measurements include 11 traits (Total Length, Fork Length, Standard Length, Head Length, Eye Diameter, and Fins Length (DFL, PFL, PFL, AFL, CFL) all lengths measured in (cm) and weight calculated in (g). The results of species composition with percentage of species were estimated as Labeo catla (16.62%), Labeo rohita (39.070%) and Cirrihinus mrigala (44.31%). While as per the IUCN records the all three fish species were declared as least concern. The present study provided the baseline information for the future generations.
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