Figure 1. A - major drainages in India; B
- study area
Figure 2. Number of fish species in different families
(Both rivers combined)
Table 1. Details of sampling sites
|
River |
S. N. |
Name of the sampling point |
Geographical coordinates |
Altitude (m) |
|
River Adan |
1 |
Shivni bridge |
20°23'48.24" N 77°22'28.01" E |
416.00 |
|
2 |
Injori bridge |
20°24'22.22" N 77°30'10.33" E |
378.00 |
|
|
3 |
Sangvi |
20°24'40.96" N 77°36'27.82" E |
372.00 |
|
|
4 |
Mankopra |
20°23'39.11" N 77°40'00.46" E |
350.00 |
|
|
5 |
Bori Arab |
20°20'59.89" N 77°51'36.10" E |
314.00 |
|
|
6 |
Sangam - 2 |
19°54'80.83" N 78°12'36.40" E |
245.00 |
|
|
River Kathani |
7 |
Chavela |
20°15'90.12" N 80°22'20.07" E |
246.89 |
|
8 |
Dhanora bridge |
20°17'30.23" N 80°19'26.77" E |
237.74 |
|
|
9 |
Wadadin |
20°14'37.80" N 80°15'59.15" E |
225.55 |
|
|
10 |
Dev Doh |
20°13'40.67" N 80° 09'54.27" E |
209.85 |
|
|
11 |
Bamni
village |
20°13'2.66" N 80° 5'35.21" E |
205.74 |
|
|
12 |
Sangam - 1 |
20°12'39.87" N 79°59'35.01" E |
195.99 |
Table 2. Species found at each sampling site
|
|
Name of River Æ |
River Kathani |
River Adan |
||||||||||
|
Sampling point Æ Species È
|
Chavela |
Dhanora bridge |
Wadadin |
Dev Doh |
Bamni village |
Sangam - 1 |
Shivni bridge |
Injori bridge |
Sangvi |
Mankopra |
Bori Arab |
Sangam 2 |
|
|
Number of
Individuals È |
|||||||||||||
|
1 |
Acanthocobitis moreh |
9 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
2 |
Amblypharyngodon
mola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
Anguilla bengalensis
bengalensis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
4 |
Barilius bendelisis |
0 |
24 |
41 |
16 |
14 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
Barilius sps-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
Barilius sps-2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Chanda nama |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
8 |
Channa orientalis |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
Channa punctatus |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
|
10 |
Channa striatus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Cirrhinus fulungee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12 |
Danio aequipinnatus |
0 |
0 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 |
Danio sps |
0 |
0 |
29 |
203 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14 |
Garra mullya |
41 |
6 |
14 |
8 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
412 |
|
15 |
Glossogobius giuris |
2 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
16 |
Gonoproktopterus
kolus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 |
Labeo rohita |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
Lepidocephalus
thermalis |
0 |
0 |
14 |
32 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
|
19 |
Macrognathus aral |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
20 |
Mastacembelus
armatus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
|
21 |
Mystus bleekeri |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
22 |
Mystus cavasius |
15 |
5 |
28 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|
23 |
Mystus sps |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
24 |
Nemacheilus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 |
Notopterus
notopterus |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
26 |
Ompok bimaculatus |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
27 |
Oreochromis
mossambica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
28 |
Oreonectes evezardi |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Osteobrama cotio
peninsularis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
30 |
Osteobrama vigorsii |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
31 |
Parambassis ranga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
32 |
Puntius amphibius |
0 |
0 |
24 |
45 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
33 |
Puntius sarana
sarana |
0 |
5 |
21 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
34 |
Puntius sophore |
0 |
0 |
29 |
42 |
2 |
2 |
179 |
121 |
62 |
37 |
39 |
0 |
|
35 |
Puntius sps |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
Puntius ticto |
30 |
48 |
67 |
149 |
53 |
52 |
197 |
212 |
124 |
185 |
84 |
49 |
|
37 |
Rasbora daniconius |
14 |
0 |
36 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
38 |
Rita sps. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
39 |
Salmostoma horai |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
|
40 |
Salmostoma novacula |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
41 |
Schistura denisoni
denisoni |
0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
42 |
Thynnichthys sandkhol |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
0 |
|
43 |
Tor khudree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
44 |
Tor mussulah |
0 |
0 |
7 |
59 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
Tor tor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
46 |
Wallago attu |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
47 |
Xenentodon cancila |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Table 3. Values of species richness, diversity indices
for Adan and Kathani
|
Sr. No. |
Attributes |
Adan |
Kathani |
|
1 |
Samples |
111 |
143 |
|
2 |
Individuals (computed) |
2386 |
1508 |
|
3 |
Species Richness: Jack 1 Mean |
47.91 |
36.97 |
|
4 |
Jack 1 SD (analytical) |
3.32 |
2.19 |
|
5 |
Rarefied Species richness at 1501 individuals |
34.13 |
31.98 |
|
6 |
Shannon Mean |
2.1 |
2.58 |
|
7 |
Shannon SD (runs) |
0.19 |
0.13 |
|
8 |
Simpson Mean |
4.8 |
8.34 |
|
9 |
Simpson SD (runs) |
0.99 |
1.13 |
Table 4. Comparison of land use pattern and anthropogenic
factors for Adan and Kathani rivers.
|
Attributes $ |
River Adan |
River Kathani |
|
|
Washim District |
Yeotmal District |
Gadchiroli District |
|
|
Forest Cover of District from which river flows. |
6.46 % |
18.77 % |
69.78 % |
|
Forest area of Districts from which river flows. |
8.72 % |
27.35 % |
90.96 % |
|
Population Density of District from which river flows (2002):km-1 |
300 |
181 |
67 |
|
Pollution |
Moderate |
Negligible |
|
|
Use of pesticides in the adjacent farms. |
Substantial |
Negligible |
|