*Corresponding Bioaccumulation of Heavy metals in Fish from Waste water: A Review

P Kumar, P Kumar, C Prabhahar
2012 International Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biological Archives   unpublished
India is endowed with vast and varied resources possessing river ecological heritage and rich biodiversity. Freshwater fishery sites are varied like 45,000 km. of rivers; 1, 26,334 km. of canals, ponds and tanks 2.36 million ha and 2.05 million ha of reservoirs. About 21,730 species of fishes have been recorded in the world of which, about 11.7% are found in Indian waters. Out of the 2546 species so far listed, 73 (3.32%) belong to the cold freshwater regime, 544 (24.73%) to the warm fresh
more » ... s domain, 143 (6.50%) to the brackish waters and 1440 (65.45%) to the marine ecosystem. The Indian fish fauna is divided into two classes, viz., Chondrichthyes (cartilage fishes) and Osteichthyes (bony fishes). The endemic fish families form 2.21% of the total bony fish families of the Indian region. Also 223 endemic fish species are found in India, representing 8.75 % of the total fish species known from the Indian region. The Western Ghats is the richest region in India with respect to endemic freshwater fishes. Northeastern India, which has a very high diversity among freshwater fish, does not have many endemic species within India because of its jagged political boundary. There are about 450 families of freshwater fishes globally. Roughly 40 are represented in India (warm freshwater species). About 25 of these families contain commercially important species. Number of endemic species in warm water is about 544. Freshwater fishes are a poorly studied group since information regarding distribution, population dynamics and threats is incomplete, and most of the information available is from a few well-studied.
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