TY - JOUR AU - Limbu, Jash H. AU - Acharya, Geeta S. AU - Shrestha, Om H. PY - 2018/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A brief report on ichthyofaunal diversity of Dewmai khola of Ilam district, Nepal JF - Journal of Natural History Museum JA - J. Nat. Hist. Mus. VL - 30 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.3126/jnhm.v30i0.27607 UR - https://nepjol.info/index.php/JNHM/article/view/27607 SP - 312-317 AB - <p>Fish diversity of Nepal has been poorly studied or understood relative to other fauna, so a lot of study is still required to have a better fish diversity profile. We investigated ichthyofaunal diversity on one of the unexplored rivers, Dewmai Khola which lies in mid-hill region of Ilam district in eastern Nepal. Fishes were collected from three sampling sites in day time by using a cast net with the help of local fisherman. The field visits were performed from December2015 to September 2016. A total of 16 fish species belonging to 3 orders, 6 families and 11genera have been recorded. The Cypriniformes was the dominant order represented by 3families: 1) Cyprinidae with 7 species (<em>Cirrhinus mrigala, Barilius barila, B. bendelisis, Bengalaelanga</em>, <em>Danio aequipinnatus, Schizothoraichthys labiatus and Garra gotyla</em>), 2) Cobitidae with5 species (<em>Schistura multifasciatus, S. horai, S. scaturigina, S. savona and S. rupecula</em>) and3) Psilorhynchidae with a single species <em>Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis. </em>The Perciformes was represented by two families with a single species in each: Belontidae (<em>Colisa fasciatus</em>) and Channidae (<em>Channa stewartii</em>). The Siluriformes was represented by a single family Sisoridae with a single species <em>Glyptothorax pectinopterus</em>.</p> ER -