Conservation status of fishes reported from Semara Taal of District Siddharthnagar (U. P.), India

Abstract

An attempt was made to study the conservation status of the fishes naturally occurring in Semara taal, near Shohratgarh of Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The study was conducted during Jan. to Dec. 2018. During exploration, a total of 29 species of fishes belonging to 20 genera, 15 families and 8 orders were identified. As per latest version of IUCN Red List, out of 29 species of fishes identified, 1 species comes under EN (endangered), 3 species come under NT (near threatened), 19 under LC (least concern) and 6 species are NE (not evaluated) so far