Fish Fauna of the Watery Areas of Bukhara Region and Adjacent Territories

Abstract

The article analyzes the species composition, the leading orders, the spectrum of families, the taxonomic composition of fish species that are living in Bukhara region and adjacent watery areas. There 5 orders belonging to 2 large orders, 9 families, 45 species of fish have been identified. According to the degree of occurrence of these 45 species in Bukhara region and adjacent waters, it was found out that 10 species out of them are highly dominant, 9 species are subdominant, 17 species occur in separate reservoirs, 9 species belong to small, rare species. The influence of various biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic factors on the ichthyofauna of the region is analyzed in detail.