Research Article
Biodiversity of Three Backwaters in the South West Coast of India
Table 2
Biodiversity of finfish and shellfishes of Kadinamkulam backwater (%).
| | Name of fish | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. |
| | Oreochromis mossambicus | 34.34 | 29.43 | 50.50 | 8.19 | 1.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.55 | 40.47 | 11.24 | 26.10 | 28.26 | | Etroplus suratensis | 28.62 | 30.66 | 12.29 | 11.13 | 1.04 | 2.62 | 3.88 | 5.00 | 3.04 | 38.32 | 5.22 | 2.77 | | Etroplus maculatus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.05 | 0.82 | 0.64 | 1.56 | 1.97 | 2.47 | 1.21 | 1.33 | 0.52 | 0.13 | | Terapon jarbua | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | | Caranx sehfsciatis | 1.72 | 0.00 | 3.79 | 3.24 | 1.82 | 2.82 | 3.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.10 | | Caranx ignobilis | 2.29 | 3.68 | 7.68 | 8.29 | 3.61 | 2.89 | 3.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.57 | 0.42 | 0.15 | | Chanda ranga | 0.97 | 2.15 | 0.63 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Chanda nama | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.79 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 1.78 | 2.18 | 3.34 | 0.56 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.21 | | Mugil cephalus | 11.45 | 14.71 | 2.56 | 8.19 | 1.81 | 3.61 | 7.89 | 5.19 | 4.88 | 0.00 | 1.04 | 0.41 | | Channa marulius | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.01 | 0.32 | 1.53 | 0.52 | 0.36 | | Channa striatus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Megalops cyprinoides | 6.87 | 4.29 | 1.89 | 1.01 | 0.31 | 2.11 | 3.95 | 1.31 | 1.67 | 1.55 | 0.63 | 0.28 | | Gerres filamentosus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.89 | 2.48 | 0.00 | 5.66 | 7.89 | 2.47 | 3.54 | 3.07 | 0.42 | 0.28 | | Puntius filamentosus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Anabas testudineus | 1.14 | 2.45 | 2.56 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.73 | 1.02 | 0.21 | 0.31 | | Mystus gulio | 5.72 | 3.07 | 0.50 | 1.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 1.59 | 0.15 | 0.07 | | Arius arius | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.61 | 0.21 | 0.07 | | Tachysurus subrostratus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Valamugil cunnesius | 5.72 | 6.13 | 1.28 | 1.66 | 0.00 | 8.71 | 7.87 | 2.85 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Liza parsia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.84 | 7.89 | 2.55 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.13 | | Elops machnata | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | | Hyphorhampus improvis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 2.71 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Periophthalmus weberi | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Glossogobius giuris | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Anguilla bengalensis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Scylla serrata | 0.57 | 0.67 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.26 | | Penaeus monodon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | | Penaeus indicus | 0.00 | 2.76 | 0.00 | 49.06 | 88.19 | 48.15 | 38.84 | 25.73 | 34.40 | 36.79 | 63.69 | 65.77 | | Metapenaeus brevicornis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 | 3.67 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Metapenaeus dobsoni | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 | 1.89 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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