Faunistic revision of fishes of Khorasan Razavi province
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj
Abstract
Khorasan Razavi province is one of the most extensive provinces in Iran, due to its vast natural conditions, each region has unique climatic characteristics and widely varied, which has led to a significant variation in fauna, especially fish. In order to study the fish fauna of this province during the years 2011-2015, a field study of water resources of this province were done. According to the results, the fish fauna of this province consists of 4 orders, one class, 5 order, 7 families, 21 genera and 30 species. The cyprinide family, with 20 approved species, is the main fauna of the province's fish. Frome the identified species, 11 species have entered the basin as an aggressive species. In addition, based on field studies, the presence of Sabanejewia aurata and Gerosteus aculeatus in this catchment area needs to be reconfirmed, since there have never been presence of these species sample, despite the previous studies in sampling.
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