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Ichthyofaunal diversity of India

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Title Ichthyofaunal diversity of India
 
Creator Joshi, K K
 
Subject Fish and Fisheries
 
Description Indian fisheries have a great history, appearing with Kautilya’s Arthasastra describing fish as a
source for consumption and provide manifest that fishery was a well-established industry in
India and fish was relished as an article of diet as early as 300 B.C, the ancient Hindus acquired
significant knowledge on the habit of fishes and the epic on the second pillar of Emperor
Ashoka enacting the prohibition of consumption of fish during a certain lunar period which can
be interpreted as a conservation point of view. Modern scientific studies on Indian fishes could
be traced to the first works by Linnaeus, Bloch and Schneider, Lacepède, Russell and Hamilton.
Cuvier and Valenciennes (1828-1849) reported 70 nominal species off Puducherry, Skyes
(1839), Gunther (1860, 1872, 1880) and The Fishes of India by Francis’ day (1865-1877) and
another book Fauna of British India Series in two volumes (1889) describing 1,418 species are
the two most fundamental works on Indian fish taxonomy to date. Alcock (1889, 1890) reported
162 species new to science from Indian waters.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15703/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Joshi%20KK.pdf
Joshi, K K (2022) Ichthyofaunal diversity of India. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 23-38.