CONSERVATION STATUS OF ANAMNIOTES REPORTED FROM BALAPUR POND OF DISTRICT PRAYAGRAJ (U.P.)

Balapur pond was studied to find out the conservation status of the fishes and amphibians naturally occurring in it. The survey was conducted from January 2018 to December 2018. During exploration, a total of 12 species of fishes belonging to 11 genera, 7 families and 4 orders and 2 species of amphibians belonging to 2 genera, 2 families and one order were identified. As per latest version of IUCN Red List, out of 12 species of fishes identified, 1 species comes under UV (vulnerable), 1 under NT (near threatened), 7 under LC (least concern) and 3 species are NE (not evaluated) so far. Both the amphibian species reported belong to LC category No fish and amphibian species identified here comes under EN (endangered) category.