Icthyofaunal contribution to the state and comparison of habitat contiguity on taxonomic-diversity in Senkhi stream, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

The Eastern Himalayan region has been identified as one of the 18 mega-biodiversity 'hotspot' areas of the world (Myers et al. 2000). Arunachal Pradesh constitutes 60.93% of the Eastern Himalayan region. Some documentation exists on the flora, but documentations on faunal aspects are still scanty, with scattered reports, mostly on birds and some large mammals. Although contributions to the fish fauna of the State have also been made, accounts of species compositions of many water bodies still remain undocumented awaiting explorations and studies of such aquatic systems. Descriptions of..