Title: Study on the Freshwater Fish Fauna of Yangtze River Delta
Abstract: After summarizing the data of specimens from Yangtze River delta region,the fauna components of fresh water fishes in this region were analyzed. The main results are summarized as follows: The fish fauna in this region is composed of 220 species,belonging to 14 orders,35 families and 109 genera. According to Nikolsky's unit of analysis in zoogeographical studies,the fauna-complex,185 specimens of native fresh-water fishes in Yangtze River delta region comprise six different fauna-complexes: Fauna-complex of China plain with 98 species; Faunacomplex of India plain with 65 species; Fauna-complex of China-India mountain with 5 species; Fauna-complex of Northern plain with 5 species; Fauna-complex of Northern mountain with 5 species; Fauna-complex of upper Tertiary with 7 species,and the others are estuarine and migratory fishes. The species in the fish fauna are mostly endemic in river plains in East Asia.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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