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Abstract

Wular wetland, a Ramsar Site in Kashmir Himalayas supports rich fishery of native snow trouts and hereby we report the fish fauna of this wetland. Also two exotic species are reported from this site for the first time. This wetland is threatened by point and non- point sources of pollution and also disturbances in the catchment areas with deforestation.

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Ichthyofauna Fish diversity Anthropogenic activities Threats.

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Author Biography

Onkar Singh BRRAICH, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala -14700, India.

Zoology and Environmental Sciences

Assistant Professor

How to Cite
BRRAICH, O. S., & MALIK, I. A. (2016). Fish fauna of Wular Wetland (Ramsar site in Kashmir Himalayas, India). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3(3), 218–221. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v3i3.154

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