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Short Communication  Commercially important Fishes on Yeshwant Sagar Reservoir, Indore, IndiaSharma Archana Govt. College, Niwali, Barwani, MP, INDIA Available online at: 
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Received 23rd April 2014, revised 13th June 2014, accepted 22nd June 2014AbstractYeshwant sagar reservoir is a manmade reservoir. It was built by the then Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar of Indore state. Yeshwant sagar reservoir is situated at 556 meter from the M.S.L. Average rainfall of Indore is about 35-45 inches. At that time population of Indore was 1.25 lakh. Government (1928) had started investing water problem and food problem, as a result Yeshwant sagar plan was built. This plan was made on river Gambhir with catchment area of 140 square kilometer. At present the reservoir water used for irrigation, domestic purpose and fish culture, on commercial scales. Present study were recoded in the year 2012-2013. 39 species of fish fauna were identified from Yeshwant sagar reservoir, 6 order, 10 family and 2 division.Keywords: River Gambhir, Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir, Commercial important fishes. IntroductionYeshwant Sagar Reservoir is situated near Indore city ,it is shallow man made reservoir situated 30 km north west of Indore township. Yeshwant sagar reservoir was built in 1936 on river Gambhir. The reservoir water used for fishing, irrigation and domestic purpose. Fish culture, on commercial scales, it a recent innovation to fisheries but it has assumed great significance for great prospect it holds and it intherefore being adopted by many countries one after the other. Fish is a rich source of protein, fat, minerals and vitamins with high percentage of water. It is very valuable source of protein which is easily digestible due to low percentage of connective tissue. All essential amino acids are present in the flesh of fish sufficient quantities. It is also a rich source of iodine, phosphorus and vitamin especially A, B and D. Jain, Choudary and Dhakad1 2012-2013 the icthyofauna is an important aspect of fisheries potential of water bodyof Bilawali tank in Indore. Due to lack of knowledge of fisheries management technique in Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir the commercial fisheries is unorganized. In the present study fishes were classified as Major carps, Cat fishes and group of Miscellaneous fishes 39 species of fish fauna were identified from Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir. 6 order, 10 families and 2 division were recorded in the year 2012-2013. Material and Methods The fishes collection were made per week of every month during the study period. The gill net and hook were the main fishing gears used in Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir. After collection fishes clened and preserved in formalin and Glycerin.  The fishes were identified with the help of Gopalji, Shrivastava 1968, Jhingran2 and Day. Results and Discussion In the present study of the fish fauna of Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir, of the observation carried out a total of 39 pecies have been identified because of the constant deficit of the rainwater for the one year. The fish fauna of Yeshwnt Sagar reservoir is at present developed the commercial fisheries point of view. 39 species of fish fauna were identified. Major carps: Atla –catla,Cirrhina mrigala, Cirrhina reba. Minor carp: Labeo calbasu,Labeo bata, Labeo gonius, Labeo finbriatus, Puntius sarana, Puntius sophore,Puntius ticto, Puntius titius, Garra gotyla, Lepidocephalichthys guntea . Cat fishes: Wallago attu, Ompak bimaculatus, Mystus bleekere, Mistus tengara, Mystus seenghala,Mystus cavasius, Clarius batrachs, Clrius striatus, Heteropneustes fossilis.Murrels: Channa gachua,Channa marulius, Channa stratus. Exotic fishes: Cyprinus carpio. Miscellaneous fishes: Notopterus notopterus, Notopterus chitala, Mastacembelus armatus, M. pancalus, Xenentodon cancila. Commercially important fishes of Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir. On then basis of availability and economic importance are grouped into six categories. Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir is developed from  Commercially important fishes, point of view. The dominant fishes of yaswant sagar reservoir is categorized as cat fish,Major carp,Minor carp, Murrels, Exotic fishes and miscellaneous fishes. 
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Discussion: During the present survey of Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir 39 species of fishes were recorded which belongs to 6 order, 10 families and 2 division. Jayaram4 1996 reported 742 speies of fryes water from India. Kartha5 and Choubey reported 41 species of fish from Gandhi sagar reservoir. Singh7 1993 reported 84 species from Sardar sarovar dam of Narmada river.Dubey and Chatterjee8  1976  observed 39 species after impoundment of the Gandhi sagar reservoir. Anil Pandey 1998 also done work on Gambhir dam Ujjain.Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir compared with above water bodies it showed less fish diversity.Sharma R and Diwan A.P.101989show fish diversity on Yeshwant sagar reservoir. L.rohita, L. calbasu, L.gonius, C. catla, C.mrigala (carps), Heteropnestus fossils, M.Aur (cat fishes) are economically important.Ichthyofauna biodiversity of different water bodies have also been reported by several workers thoughout thecountry11-17. In the present study at Yeshwant Sagar Reservoir with Commercially important fishes. There are no storage facilities available for catched netted fishes from the Reservoir, hence, after catching they have to solved out at any rate.Conclusion Yeshwant Sagar Resevoir inis an important fresh water reservoir of Indore region it is useful for Commercially important fishes. The water of reservoir is ideally, the quality wise suitable for fish culture. There is 39 species identified. Reference 1.Jain R., Choudhary P. and Dhakad N.K., Study on ichtyofaunal diversity of Bilawali Tank in Indore MP, J.Chem.Bio.Phy. Sci.Sec.B,3(1), 336-344, (2012-2013) 2.Jhingran V.G., Fish and Fisheries of India. Second Edn. Hindustan Publishing Corporation, India, New Delhi,(1982)3.Day F., The fish fauna of Brities India, Burma and ceylone, (1989)4.Jayaram K.C., Manual for field identification common fresh water fishes of Karnataka, Worldwide fauna for nature, biodiversity conservation prioritisation project-India (1996)5.Kartha K.N., Studies on experimental travel fishing in Gandhi sagar reservoir, Mandsaur  MP, India, (1987)6.Choubey U., Studies on physico-chemical and biological parameter of Gandhi sagar, Mandsaur district M.P., (1990)7.Singh A.K., Pre impoundment studies  on Sardar sarover area of Narmada river, wasternzone, with special reference of fishes (1993)8.Dubey G.P. and Chatterjee S.N., Case study of Gandhi sagar reservoir, MP. India I.P.E.C., 27-76 (1976)9.Panday Anil., Hydrobiological studies on Gambhir dam, Ujjain, MP including up and down stream with special reference to fisheries (1998)10.Sharma R. and Diwan A.P., Limnological studies on Yeshwant sagar reservoir: An assessment of its potential for fish culture (1989)11.Eknath C.N., The seasonal fluctation of physico-chemical parameter of Mula-mutha at Puna, India and their impect on fish biodiversity, Res. J. Animal,Veterinary and Fishery Sci,1(1), 11-16 (2013)12.Choubey K. and Qureshi Y., Study of icthyo faund biodiversity of Rajnandgaon town, CG, India, Int. Res. J. Biological sci.,2(2), 21-24 (2014)13.Zeena K.V. and Jameela Beevi K.S., Fish diversity in Ithipuzha and Murinjapuzha, Kerala, India, J. Bombay Nat.Hist. Soc.,108(2), 98-102 (2011)14.Dhamak R.M., Tilekar B., Ghdage M.K., Theurkar nd Patil S.B., Phytoplnktos veriation with respct to ichthyofaunal studis of Bhandardara Dam, MS, India, Res. J. AnialVeteriary nd Fishery Sci.,1(2), 7-8 (2013)15.Bhalerao S.N., Study of fish diversity and water quality at Kasar Sai Dam, Hinjewadi, Pune, M.S. India, I.Res.J.Biol. Sci.,1(4), 51-55 (2012)16.Barbhuiya H., Mahaseer fishes of river Barak, Jatinga, Dholeswari and Ganol in North East India, Res.J.Recent. Sci,1(lSC2011), 7-16 (2011)17.Theurkar S.V., Takalakar D.L., Jadhav S.S and Pawar R.M., Diversity and composition of fishes of ChaskamanDam, Rajgurunagar, part of northern  western ghats, Pune, MS, India, Res. J. Animal. Veterinary and Fishery Sci, , 7-10 (2013)