About the Book: Gangetic Fish Otoliths
In view of the increasing global interest in the studies related to the fish
otoliths for various purposes such as academics, research and fisheries resource
management, this book provides useful information on otoliths from the Gangetic
fishes. This book consists of photographs and descriptions of the otoliths of 51
species belonging to 17 families viz., Channidae, Gobiidae, Nandidae,
Ambassidae, Schilbeidae, Clariidae, Sisoridae, Heteropneustidae, Bagridae,
Siluridae, Cobitidae, Mastacembelidae, Belonidae, Clupeidae, Notopteridae,
Mugilidae, Cyprinidae, which are distributed in eight orders. As of now, there
is no such publication in the available literature. The Gangetic river system
harbours many fish species which are commonly found in