a typical study on fish faunal biodiversity of thotapalli and gotta reservoirs of vizianagaram and srikakulam districts of andhrapradesh, india

The present study is the first documentation of the fish faunal diversity in Thotapalli and Gottabarrage reservoirs of Nagavali and Vamsadhara rivers in Vizianagaram, Srikakulam districts respectively of Andhra Pradesh state. The study was conducted for a period of two years i.e. June 2012 to May 2014. The observations of the study showed the presence of 31species with the occurrence of 28 species in Thotapalli reservoir and 26 species in Gottabarrage reservoir. The fish species belonged to the orders Cypriniformes, Siluriformes, Perciformes, Synbranchiformes, Osteoglossiformes and Anguilliformes. The status of each species of fishes has been listed out as per IUCN (2014.3) and CAMP (1998).