Abstract: In the context of increasing popularity of
keeping ornamental fishes in home aquaria in
several countries, the demand for them has
been increasing and substantial trade for these
fishes has developed in several parts of the
world. It has been estimated that the world
trade on ornamental fishes is around US $ 4.5
billion (Srivastava, 1994), of which freshwater
ornamental fish trade forms about 85%. India's
contribution to the world trade of ornamental
fIShes is about Rs. 10 crore (Srivastava, 1994)
and almost the entire trade is based on
freshwater ornamental fish. There is
considerable scope for initiating and developing
export of marine ornamental fISh from India
(Tomey, 1985, 1986) and to initiate exploitation
and export of these fIShes, a training mission
for ornamental fish export to Netherlands was
also organised (Anon. 1986). The National
Seminar on Planning Export Strategy of Indian
Marine Fishes recommended the development
of export of ornamental fish (Anon. 1988). The
marine ornamental fishes are inhabitants of
coral and rocky areas and also among marine
plants. They are abundant in the Gulf of Mannar,
Palk Bay and Gulf of Kutch along the mainland
coast and in the Lakshadweep and Andaman
islands. Among all these regions, the lagoons
and reef flats in the Lakshadweep group of
islands are the richest both in regard to number
of species and their numerical abundance (Murty
et al. 1989; Vijayanand and Varghese, 1990).
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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