Fish Diversity Of Sille River, East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

Arunachal Pradesh situated in the north-eastern region of India, is endowed with rich in fishery resources. A Short survey was undertaken from April 2017 to February 2018 on fish biodiversity of Sille River, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. Sille River is one of the major river of Sille-Oyan Circle of East Siang which originated from Miglung and culminate at mighty Brahamaputra river. The sampling of fish was done from two sites of river using cast net, gill net and with the available local fishing gear and technique. A total of 21 species of fishes belong to 11 families were identified. Cypriniformes dominates with 8 species followed by Siluriformes with 7 families.