Journal of Fisheries & Livestock Production
Open Access

Review Article

Threatened Fishes of The World: Glyptothorax kashmirensis (Hora, 1923) (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) A Mini Review

Singh R¹, Md. Akhtar S², Pandey N², Mir JI² and Sharma NK^1,2*

¹Department of Zoology, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Tehri Campus Badshahithaul, India.

²Fish Nutrition Laboratory, Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Anusandhan Bhawan, India.

*Corresponding Author:

Sharma NK
Department of Zoology, Hemwati Nandan
Bahuguna Garhwal University, Tehri Campus
Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal-249199, India
Tel: +918755604715
E-mail: neerajksharma24@rediffmail.com

Received Date: October 06, 2015; Accepted Date: November 19, 2015; Published Date: December 02, 2015

Citation: Singh R, Akhtar S, Pandey N, Mir JI, Sharma NK (2015) Threatened Fishes of the World: Glyptothorax kashmirensis (Hora, 1923) (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) a mini review. J Fisheries Livest Prod 3:147. doi:10.4172/2332-2608.1000147

Copyright: © 2015 Singh R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Kashmir catfish, Glyptothorax kashmirensis, is a critically endangered fresh water fish species in Asia. Wild populations are severely declined due to habitat loss (breeding and nursery grounds), dam construction, overexploitation and introduction of exotic species leading to an alarming situation, which deserves high conservation consideration. The present paper enlightens the previous work done and recommends conservation actions that should be taken into account towards the preservation of the wild population of G. kashmirensis.

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