A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India
<p>A checklist of the fishes of Kerala State is presented, along with their scientific and common names (English and Malayalam), endemism, IUCN Red List status, listing under different Schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and in the Appendices of Convention on International Trade...
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| description | <p>A checklist of the fishes of Kerala State is presented, along with their scientific and common names (English and Malayalam), endemism, IUCN Red List status, listing under different Schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and in the Appendices of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). Nine Hundred and five species of fishes are recorded from the inland and marine waters of Kerala comprising of 41 orders and 172 families. Close to 30% of the freshwater fish species found in Kerala are endemic to the State. Only 8% of the total fishes of Kerala are listed as threatened in the IUCN Red List, of which the majority are freshwater species. Several hundred fish species occurring in the marine waters of Kerala have not yet been assessed for their conservation status by IUCN. </p><div> </div> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f300f9d3fcc4ae8ad38edb0531b51912022-12-21T18:58:04ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072015-11-017138036808010.11609/jott.2004.7.13.8036-80801815A checklist of fishes of Kerala, IndiaA. Bijukumar0Rajeev Raghavan1Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695581, IndiaCenter for Taxonomy of Aquatic Animals, Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, Kerala 682506, India Laboratory of Systematics, Ecology and Conservation, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India<p>A checklist of the fishes of Kerala State is presented, along with their scientific and common names (English and Malayalam), endemism, IUCN Red List status, listing under different Schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and in the Appendices of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). Nine Hundred and five species of fishes are recorded from the inland and marine waters of Kerala comprising of 41 orders and 172 families. Close to 30% of the freshwater fish species found in Kerala are endemic to the State. Only 8% of the total fishes of Kerala are listed as threatened in the IUCN Red List, of which the majority are freshwater species. Several hundred fish species occurring in the marine waters of Kerala have not yet been assessed for their conservation status by IUCN. </p><div> </div>http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2004Brackish waterfishfreshwaterKeralamarinespecies. |
| spellingShingle | A. Bijukumar Rajeev Raghavan A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India Journal of Threatened Taxa Brackish water fish freshwater Kerala marine species. |
| title | A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India |
| title_full | A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India |
| title_fullStr | A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India |
| title_short | A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India |
| title_sort | checklist of fishes of kerala india |
| topic | Brackish water fish freshwater Kerala marine species. |
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