Annotated List of Fishes Identified from the Bhavani-Moyar and Bhavani Sagar Riparian Ecosystem

Annotated List of Fishes Identified from the Bhavani-Moyar and Bhavani Sagar Riparian

Mukherji D D (1937) On a small collection of fish from the Bhavani river (S. India) BNHS35: 162-171 R Srinivasan and R Ganesan (1955) Contributions from the freshwater biological research station Bhavanisagar, Madras State No 1 Rajan, S (1955). Notes on a collection of fish from the headwaters of Bhavani river, south India. JBNHS 53: 44-48& Rajan, S (1963) Ecology of the fishes of rivers Pykara and Moyar (Nilgiris), S. India. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 58 (B): 291-323 Menon, A G K (1999) Checklist –Freshwater Fishes of India, ZSI/Occasional Paper No 175 Yazdani, G M, Rema Devi, K, Raghunathan, M B and Singh, F D (2001) Fauna of Conservation Areas, Series 11: Fauna of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Zoological Survey of India, pp207-224; this list is based on published information and 25 surveys in and around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve; only those specifically mentioned as Bhavani and/or Moyar Rivers are included. CEPF- Team: R J Ranjit Daniels, C Chenna Krishnan, N Muthu Karthick, K Ramasamy (Tracker), L Selvam (Fisherman), Kumar (Driver-cum-fisherman), Mahesh (Forest Guard), Das (Forest Watcher); Fish reported/seen during the field trip to Bhavani Sagar and Moyar River in February (8-11) 2011 and April (10-11) 2011