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    North eastern India has exceptionally high biodiversity and endemism of both flora and fauna species, many of which are threatened. It contains over 7,500 flowering plants, 700 orchids, and 422 recorded fish species belonging to 133 genera and 38 families. North eastern India is one of the world's 34 biodiversity hotspots, meaning it has extremely rich endemic species but has lost over 70% of its original habitat. The region represents an important meeting point of different biogeography regions and acts as a gateway for much of India's biodiversity.

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    North eastern India has exceptionally high biodiversity and endemism of both flora and fauna species, many of which are threatened. It contains over 7,500 flowering plants, 700 orchids, and 422 recorded fish species belonging to 133 genera and 38 families. North eastern India is one of the world's 34 biodiversity hotspots, meaning it has extremely rich endemic species but has lost over 70% of its original habitat. The region represents an important meeting point of different biogeography regions and acts as a gateway for much of India's biodiversity.

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    North eastern India has exceptionally high biodiversity and endemism of both flora and fauna species, many of which are threatened. It contains over 7,500 flowering plants, 700 orchids, and 422 recorded fish species belonging to 133 genera and 38 families. North eastern India is one of the world's 34 biodiversity hotspots, meaning it has extremely rich endemic species but has lost over 70% of its original habitat. The region represents an important meeting point of different biogeography regions and acts as a gateway for much of India's biodiversity.

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    Fish biodiversity of north eastern India

    North east was the part of northward moving Deccan Peninsular that first touched the breakup
    of the Gondwalnd in the early Tertiary period.
    North east India is one of the richest biomes of the world, high endemism and rare species which
    are now under constant threat. The north east region (22-30 degree N and 89-97degree E) spread over 2,
    62,379 Sq.km represent the region. It is meeting place of the Himalayan Mountain and Peninsular India. It
    is represents the traditional zone between Indian, Indo-Malayam and indo- Chinese biogeography regions
    and is the geographical gateway for much of the Indias Flora and Fauna. The region is made up of
    eight states- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura is
    endowed with a wide range of physiography and eco-climatic conditions.
    North east is among the 34 Hotspots*[It is area that extremely rich species have high endemism
    and are under constant threat due to human pressure (having 70% of their original habitat)] of the world
    identified in the India, the other being the Western Ghats. The 34 Hotspots once covered 15.7% of the
    earths land surface. In all 86% of the hotspots habitat has already been destroyed. The infect remnants of
    hotspot now cover only 2.3% of the earths land surface. Over 50% of the worlds plant species and 42%
    of the all terrestrial vertebrate species are endemic to their 34 biodiversity Hotspots. Among the 34
    hotspots of the world, two have been identified in India- the Himalayan and Western Ghats.
    In the north east region is rich in flora and fauna. Flora has at least 7500 flowering plants, 700
    orchids, 58 bamboos, 64 citrus, 28 conifers, 500 mosses, 700 ferns and 728 Lichen species and is equally
    rich in faunal diversity, an estimated 3624 species of insects, 50 molluscus, 236 fishes, 64 amphibians,
    137 reptiles, 541 birds, 160 mammalians species has been so far described (Anonymous, 1996, 1998b)
    In the north east India contains a profusion of habitats characterized by diverse biota with a high level
    endemism, 422 fish species recorded belonging to 133 genera, 38 families including its commercial value,
    such as food fish, ornamental fish.
    State Total no fish species
    available
    Genera State fish
    Arunachal Pradesh 163 79 Tor putitora (Golden
    mahaseer)
    Assam 217 98
    Manipur 131 58 Osteobrama belengeri
    (Pengba)
    Mizoram 51 28 Semiplotus modestus
    (Nghavang)
    Meghalaya 158 78
    Nagaland 163 67 Neolissocheilus
    hexagonolepis
    (Chocolate mahaseer)
    Sikkim 48 . Onchorhynchus mykiss
    (Rainbow trout)
    Tripura 129 76 Ompok bimaculatus
    (Pabda)


    Mr. Ram Kumar
    JRF
    Centre of Excellence in Fisheries and Aquaculture Biotechnology Project.
    (COF, CAU)
    KVK, East Siang, College of Horticulture and Forestry
    Central Agriculture University

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