Research Article
Biodiversity of Three Backwaters in the South West Coast of India
Table 3
Biodiversity of finfish and shellfishes of Veli Lake (%).
| | Name of fish | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. |
| | Oreochromis mossambicus | 51.02 | 73.07 | 81.33 | 78.67 | 57.42 | 74.96 | 88.54 | 53.37 | 43.70 | 32.38 | 35.66 | 38.13 | | Etroplus suratensis | 1.13 | 2.48 | 2.35 | 0.79 | 0.29 | 5.32 | 1.78 | 1.50 | 2.51 | 5.94 | 3.11 | 0.02 | | Etroplus maculatus | 22.68 | 18.58 | 2.09 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Terapon jarbua | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.95 | 1.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | | Caranx sehfsciatis | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 2.79 | 1.24 | 0.90 | 3.25 | 3.56 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.45 | | Caranx ignobilis | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 11.48 | 3.22 | 0.90 | 2.60 | 5.67 | 0.78 | 0.10 | 0.40 | | Chanda ranga | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 2.87 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.05 | | Chanda nama | 0.34 | 0.62 | 3.65 | 0.00 | 2.87 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.26 | 0.20 | | Mugil cephalus | 1.13 | 1.24 | 4.17 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 13.02 | 17.72 | 3.46 | 1.02 | 0.45 | | Channa marulius | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.73 | 0.00 | 2.06 | 0.99 | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.20 | | Channa striatus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.03 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 2.43 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.50 | | Megalops cyprinoides | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 1.30 | 2.91 | 6.95 | 2.09 | 0.50 | | Gerres filamentosus | 0.57 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | | Puntius filamentosus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Anabas testudineus | 0.00 | 2.48 | 4.69 | 3.92 | 1.15 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 3.25 | 2.43 | 2.51 | 1.02 | 0.00 | | Mystus gulio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.26 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 1.00 | | Arius arius | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.15 | | Tachysurus subrostratus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Valamugil cunnesius | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.52 | 0.17 | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | | Liza parsia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.62 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.10 | | Elops machnata | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | | Hyphorhampus improvis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Periophthalmus weberi | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Glossogobius giuris | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Anguilla bengalensis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Austroglossus pectoralis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Metapenaeus brevicornis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 1.63 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Macrobrachium idella | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.44 | 2.08 | 1.07 | 3.25 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Scylla serrata | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.05 | | Penaeus monodon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | | Penaeus indicus | 20.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.61 | 0.65 | 1.99 | 6.51 | 0 | 46.90 | 50.94 | 57.19 |
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