Freshwater fish fauna of Pune District (MH): A review article

The ecological diversity of aquatic ecosystem is affected by different environmental conditions and manmade activities. Study of bio diversity is essential to keep records and conserve them. Fishes are important animal in the freshwater ecosystems due to their ecological significance. Freshwater fishes also have economical viability. Conservation of freshwater fish is equally important as source of food, important position in food chain and conservation practice is only possible when diversity of freshwater fishes is known. In present investigation was undertaken to study the biodiversity of fish fauna from Pune district. In this study there was 80 species of fishes belonging to 10 orders, 16 families. In which Cypriniforme is most diverse order of freshwater fish and it is 66 %