Ichthyofounal Diversity in the Vicinity of Marine Protected Areas, Jamnagar, Gulf of Kachchh, India

The present study reports ichthyofaunal diversity form four different landing centers namely, Sikka bander, Bed (Rasulnagar), Bedibander and Vadinar located in the vicinity of Marine National Park (MNP), Jamnagar with the help of different fishing gears. Sampling was carried out at monthly interval from September 2012 to May 2013. A total of 109 fish species belongs to 19 orders, 58 families and 93 genus were enumerated during present study. 33 number of IUCN listed species were enlisted in this study. Carangidae and Sciaenidae were two families which recorded highest number of species diversity (8 species) followed by Mugilidae (5 species), Clupeidae (4 species), Haemulidae (4 species), Serranidae (4 species) and Sparidae (4 species)