The present study investigates the ichthyofaunal diversity of Lakshmipuram Lake in Anakapalli District of Andhra Pradesh state of India from January 2024 to December 2024, a vital freshwater body supporting ecological balance and local livelihoods. A total of 47 fish species were identified at different sites. Freshly collected fishes were carefully cleansed and photographed. They were preserved in 9-10% formalin solution. Fish species were identified using classical taxonomical observations. Among the identified 12 orders, the order Cypriniformes was dominant with 18 species which contributed to 37% followed by Siluriformes 10 (21%), Perciformes 3 (4%), Channiformes, Cichliformes, Anguilliformes each 3 (6%), Beloiniformes, Synbranchiformes each 2 (4%), while Cyprinodontiformes, Gobiiformies, Osteoglossiformes, Anabantiformes each 1 (2%). The population status of 11 species were abundant which contributed to 23% whereas 25 species were common contributing to 53%, 4 species were moderate by contributing to 8%, and the least percent of species i.e., 7 were represented as rare which contributed to only 14%. According to IUCN 2024, 36 species contributed around 77% are least concern (LC), 8 species contributed about 16% are near threatened (NT), about 2 species contributed to 4% are not evaluated (NE), and 1 species of 2% are data deficient (DD). As per the present study, the Lake is found good potential with variety of freshwater fish fauna
